City/Region Digest.Byline: The Register-Guard REGION Office Bridge Fire containment near Firefighters made good progress Saturday battling the 160-acre Office Bridge Fire burning near Westfir and should have the blaze contained by Monday evening. Fire crews have extinguished ex·tin·guish tr.v. ex·tin·guished, ex·tin·guish·ing, ex·tin·guish·es 1. To put out (a fire, for example); quench. 2. To put an end to (hopes, for example); destroy. See Synonyms at abolish. 3. all visible smoke and are now working to put out any fires burning in logs, stumps and buried roots. The fire was 80 percent contained late Saturday, said fire information officer Peter Frenzen. Aufderheide Drive between the Office Bridge and Road 1928 was scheduled to reopen re·o·pen tr. & intr.v. re·o·pened, re·o·pen·ing, re·o·pens 1. To open or be opened again: Officials reopened the airport after the snow was cleared. Schools reopen in September. at 6 a.m. today. The Lane County sheriff's office has lifted a three-hour evacuation evacuation /evac·u·a·tion/ (e-vak?u-a´shun) 1. an emptying. 2. catharsis; emptying of the bowels. e·vac·u·a·tion n. standby alert issued to residents of the Hemlock hemlock, any tree of the genus Tsuga, coniferous evergreens of the family Pinaceae (pine family) native to North America and Asia. The common hemlock of E North America is T. and Westfir communities, Frenzen said. A total of 364 firefighters battled the Office Bridge Fire on Saturday. Crews are ready to respond to any new fires that could spark in a 140,000-acre area surrounding Oakridge and Westfir. A brief lightning shower Friday night lit up the sky near Westfir but didn't result in any fires in the Willamette National Forest The Willamette National Forest is a National Forest located in the central portion of the Cascade Range of Oregon, US.[1] It contains 1,675,407 acres (2,618 mi², 6,780 km²) making it one of the largest national forests. , fire information officer Bernie Pineda said. |
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