Wildfire updates: Emergency Conflagrations invoked for Beachcomb & Bench fires and 2nd Flat Fire - 9th & 10th this year

Key Points:

• Wildfires continue to burn across Oregon, scorching hundreds of thousands of acres and prompting evacuations in multiple counties, including Crook, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Jefferson, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wheeler, and Wasco.
• The Emergency Conflagration Act has been invoked for the Beachcomb, Bench, and Second Flat Fires, with incident management teams and resources assigned to these major fires on the Warm Springs Reservation, Jefferson County, and Harney County.
• The Grasshopper Fire has burned 4,500 acres with firefighters working to contain spot fires and protect homes in Pine Hollow and Sportsmans Park; fire growth is primarily toward Ball Point in the Badger Creek Wilderness.
• Evacuation levels have increased in Crook, Umatilla, and Union Counties due to the Green Mountain, Crosswhite West, and Hagen Fires, with several areas now under Level 3 "Go Now" evacuation orders.
• The Bench and Beachcomb Fires remain very active with zero containment and potential for extreme fire behavior; Highway 26 was briefly closed but has since reopened between mileposts 57 and 115.