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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 2017
Brookings under evacuation warning as wildfi re rages
Fire started by
lightning strike
BY THE NUMBERS
miles
156 square
burned
1,700 homes
threatened
30 buildings
damaged
0 percent
contained
Associated Press
BROOKINGS — A grow-
ing blaze in southwest Oregon
has prompted offi cials to issue
a warning for Brookings resi-
dents to be ready to leave.
The Oregonian reported
offi cials issued the notice
Thursday afternoon. Unin-
corporated areas not already
under evacuation notices are
also included in the warning.
Offi cials say the fi re started
by lightning in the in the Rogue
River-Siskiyou National For-
est July 12 and is about 5 miles
northeast of Brookings near
the California border.
The fi re has scorched over
156 square miles and is zero
percent contained.
The fi re was listed as the
top fi refi ghting priority in the
nation Tuesday.
Gov.
Kate
Brown
announced a mobilization
of an additional 125 Oregon
National Guard resources to
start Thursday.
More than 1,700 homes are
U.S. Forest Service
Residents in Brookings have been warned to be ready to leave because of a wildfire.
threatened by the fi re and six
have been burned. Close to
30 other buildings have been
damaged.
Triple-digit temperatures
and stubborn smoke from
wildfi res raging in British
Columbia and parts of Oregon,
meanwhile, are joining forces
to make Portland’s air quality
among the worst in the coun-
try this week, according to The
Oregonian.
Portland’s Air Quality
Index, the national standard
used to measure the health
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effects of various pollut-
ants, hovered in the high 170s
throughout Thursday, accord-
ing to the state’s environmen-
tal quality department. Those
levels exceeded air pollution
in Beijing, according to a web-
site that compiles air quality in
dozens of countries.
State health offi cials issued
an advisory Wednesday urg-
ing Oregonians throughout the
Willamette Valley to take cau-
tion before going outside.
“People with chronic lung
or heart conditions, the elderly,
and children have higher
risk of health problems from
the fi ne particles in wildfi re
smoke,” Dr. Richard Leman,
a state public health physi-
cian, said in a statement. “Peo-
ple who suffer from asthma
or other respiratory condi-
tions should follow their dis-
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