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Hood River man struck by lightning
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Hood River man struck by lightning

  • By Alana Lackner, Columbia Gorge News
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A Hood River man was struck with lightning Sunday while taking photos on Ehrck Hill, near the community of Odell.

Lightning sparks small blaze
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Lightning sparks small blaze

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A small lightning-caused grass fire, east of Big Jim’s Drive-In and between Interstate 84 and the railroad tracks, was quickly extinguished Thursday night. It took four fire crew members from Mid-Columbia Fire and Rescue just 20 minutes to put out the small fire, which measured 15 feet by 30 feet and was reported at 6:18 p.m. Crews found scorching on a nearby power pole.

UPDATE: Blackburn fire at 550 acres
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UPDATE: Blackburn fire at 550 acres

  • Kathy Ursprung
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An afternoon estimate of the Blackburn Fire, burning in part of The Dalles watershed lands, partly Bureau of Land Management lands and partly on private land places it at 550 acres.

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Lightning sparks John Day fires

  • TIM FOUGHT, Associated Press
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PORTLAND — Oregon state Forestry Department and National Forest firefighting crews were dispatched to the area around the eastern Oregon community of John Day on Wednesday as several lightning-sparked wildfires erupted there, a fire spokesman said.