Pine Mountain Fire grows to 1,500 acres as air attack begins
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Updated · KTVZ · May 7
Pine Mountain Fire grows to 1,500 acres as air attack begins
3 articles · Updated · KTVZ · May 7
The blaze is 14 miles southeast of Bend, Oregon, after spot fires escaped a prescribed burn; hotshot crews, engines and aircraft have been called in.
Firefighters said forecast weather was within burn parameters, but multiple fires spread beyond the unit boundary, prompting a larger containment response.
Smoke may be visible from Highway 20, Bend and the Newberry Caldera as crews work on what authorities now describe as a wildfire.
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