Gov. Kate Brown has declared the Alameda Fire in Jackson County a Conflagration.
The Alameda Fire is currently threatening lives, structures and property in Jackson County, impacting the communities of Talent, Phoenix and Medford.
The invocation of the Conflagration Act by Gov. Brown cleared the way for the State Fire Marshal to mobilize firefighters and equipment to assist local resources battling the fires.
The Office of State Marshal’s Blue Incident Management Team has been mobilized and will be leaving tonight for Jackson County.
The deployment follows the deployment earlier today of the OSFM’s Green Incident Management Team to what is now called the Santiam Fire, in Marion County, and what is now called the Holiday Farm Fire, in Lane County, with the Red Team.
Evacuation orders in Jackson County have been issue by the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office.
Currently, the state is seeing multiple fire starts. Strong winds and extremely dry conditions helped accelerate the growth of multiple new and existing fires in the last 24 hours statewide, impacting the Oregon fire service and state and federal wildland firefighting agencies throughout the state.
Calls for assistance from impacted fire districts continue to be managed through the Oregon Fire Mutual Aid System.
Additional updates for the incident may be accessed on the Oregon State Fire Marshal Facebook page: www.facebook.com/OregonStateFireMarshal/.
Evacuation information in Jackson County can be found on the Jackson County Sheriff’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pg/JacksonCountySheriff/.
To learn more about wildfire evacuation readiness, go to: www.oregon.gov/osp/programs/sfm/Pages/Wildland-Urban-Interface.aspx#evacuation.