Cooler temperatures, lower winds help Oregon firefighters

Fire officials expect wind to pick up on Sunday, but since winds were expected to blow out of the southeast, they will send the fire back into an area that has already burned.

The lightning-caused Canyon-Creek Complex of fires has burned about 109 square miles since Aug. 12.

To the northeast, fire fighters also made progress Saturday on the Grizzly Bear Complex of fires in northeast Oregon and southeast Washington.

They conducted small burnout operations and reinforced fire lines along the south end of the fire. Complex of five lightning-caused fires has burned more than 95 square miles since Aug. 13.