Kenton Brine, president of the Northwest Insurance Council, said insurance companies across the region are already doing their own wildfire risk mapping, so a risk map from the state of Oregon won ...

Oregon has a new draft map illustrating which areas are most susceptible ... Still, researchers say flames tend to avoid those moist regions. “It’s pretty obvious that often, maybe even ...

A new map that classifies wildfire danger across Oregon was released Thursday morning ... that burned over 1 million acres and destroyed regions of the state seemingly unprepared for the scale ...

Oregon will delay release of a controversial ... seemingly unprepared for the scale of the calamity. The map was meant to detail which regions of the state — and homes — were at highest ...

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Wildfires in the Pacific Northwest and Canada are covering the region with high-density smoke ... At least four large fires were burning in Oregon on Tuesday morning, according to fire tracking ...

A contentious Oregon wildfire map that imposed new regulations on high ... the stricter building codes it required in certain regions. Requirements to clear vegetation around dwellings were ...

The Pacific Northwest faces a multitude of major fires, blanketing the region in smoke and evacuation notices. More than 1 million acres have burned in Oregon and in Washington, Governor Jay ...