Firefighters are responding to nine small lightning-ignited wildfires Thursday night near Oakridge.
The cluster of fires have been dubbed the Middle Fork Complex, according to Willamette National Forest.
A type 2 fire crew and aviation resources have been ordered in an effort to put the blazes out, forest officials said late Thursday.
The fires range in sizes from less than an acre to 10 acres. The incidents are in the Fall Creek, Hills Creek Reservoir and north of Huckleberry areas near Oakridge. Two incidents are close to private lands and are our current priorities, the national forest said.
Around 100 lightning strikes hit the Cascade Crest east of Eugene on Monday. Fire crews responded to 17 small fires following that lightning event, Willamette National Forest said previously. It s unclear if the Middle Fork Complex is part of that batch of fires.
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