PacifiCorp has filed a long-awaited appeal to a class action ruling that has so far awarded millions of dollars to people ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A newly released Oregon Department of Forestry report says that downed power lines were not the cause of the deadly Santiam Canyon Fire in Sept. 2020. Investigators ...

It's unclear what the report could mean for fire victims in the Santiam Canyon seeking money to rebuild their lives. "I can't think of any situation where a verdict has been given, and then a fire ...

Embers drifting in from another big fire – not downed power lines – ignited out-of-control flames in the Santiam Canyon that killed five people, burned hundreds of thousands of acres and ...

The Oregon Department of Forestry report comes five years after the 2020 fire, as PacifiCorp pushes for legislation that would limit utilities' wildfire liabilities. FILE - Damage from the Santiam ...

Oregon Department of Forestry investigators have determined that the 2020 Santiam Canyon fire was not caused by downed power lines as plaintiffs’ attorneys have alleged but rather by hot embers ...

A study by the Oregon Department of Forestry says the power company, which a jury held liable in 2023, was not responsible ...

SALEM, Ore. (KPTV) - In a report from the Oregon Department of Forestry, investigators say powerlines did not help spread the Santiam Canyon Fire during the 2020 Labor Day wildfires. In the report ...

PacifiCorp on Tuesday appealed a 2023 class action lawsuit verdict that found the utility at fault for damage caused by four ...

SANTIAM JUNCTION, Ore ... those "remaining ignitions" were likely caused by embers from the Beachie Creek Fire, which spread across the area. The report explained that rising heat and gases ...