Sept. 8, 2020.
Marcelino Rocha, 66, was picking cucumbers at Fry Family Farm, where heâs employed.
His son, Hector Rocha, 24, was delivering the farmâs produce to customers when he heard the news. A fire that started that morning in Ashland was tearing north toward his familyâs home in Talent.
Hector rushed home. He grabbed his phone charger, thinking heâd be able to go back. Hectorâs mom, Dora Negrete, saved their dog.
But when the family returned, their mobile home was char.
âIt was just â traumatizing,â said Hector Rocha.
His father, Marcelino, described how he felt standing in the rubble:
Sept. 8, 2020.
Marcelino Rocha, 66, was picking cucumbers at Fry Family Farm, where heâs employed.
His son, Hector Rocha, 24, was delivering the farmâs produce to customers when he heard the news. A fire that started that morning in Ashland was tearing north toward his familyâs home in Talent.
Hector rushed home. He grabbed his phone charger, thinking heâd be able to go back. Hectorâs mom, Dora Negrete, saved their dog.
But when the family returned, their mobile home was char.
âIt was just â traumatizing,â said Hector Rocha.
His father, Marcelino, described how he felt standing in the rubble:
JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. The Jackson County Emergency Operations Center is providing new details about clean up efforts surrounding the Almeda Fire.
John Vial with the Emergency Operations Center says setting up mobile home parks and finding transitional housing is in progress.
He says 256 people still need direct housing.
Vial says step one of the clean-up process, making sure all sites have no toxic waste, is finished and now sites can be cleaned up.
“There is 2 major contracting efforts that the state is doing, the first is tree removal, the state has issued 6 contracts with 3 different firms totaling $140,654,000,” said Vial.
He says the state has also awarded 5 contracts to 3 different firms totaling nearly 150 million dollars to clean up ash and other debris.
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JACKSON COUNTY, Ore. – Visiting off-trail areas of the Bear Creek Greenway is officially off-limits.
After fires swept through the area this past September, numerous organizations worked to clear damaged trees from the main greenway trail so it could safely reopen. However, the cost to clear out hazardous trees that are away from the trail proved to be too high.
In response, Jackson County said anything that’s not part of the designated Bear Creek Greenway trail has been closed on the nine-mile stretch of county-owned land between Ashland and Central Point.
Steve Lambert works with the Jackson County Emergency Operations Center. He said, “Folks are encouraged to use the trail as they normally do. Have fun biking and walking on the greenway; we ask that you please remain on the paved path for your safety.