Oregon's 2026 wildfire season nears devastating 2024 record with 1.7M acres burned
To stream KGW on your phone, you need the KGW app. Example video title will go here for this video OREGON, USA — There's a strong chance that this year's devastating wildfire season will outpace 2024 as the worst by acres burned in Oregon's recorded history. What started as a relatively mild fire season rapidly escalated over the last two weeks as a series of lightning storms sparked several new fires across the state. Oregon's fire season lasts from roughly May through October, but tends to peak in July and August before tapering off. In 2024, 1.93 million acres burned over the course of that fire season.
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9, 2024 that the total acreage exceeded 1.7 million, according to ODF reports.
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To stream KGW on your phone, you need the KGW app. Example video title will go here for this video OREGON, USA — There's a strong chance that this year's devastating wildfire season will outpace 2024 as the worst by acres burned in Oregon's recorded history. What started as a relatively mild fire season rapidly escalated over the last two weeks as a series of lightning storms sparked several new fires across the state. Oregon's fire season lasts from roughly May through October, but tends to peak in July and August before tapering off. In 2024, 1.93 million acres burned over the course of that fire season.