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Saturday, July 7, 2018
PENDLETON
Fire at Oregon border kills 1 as
heat stokes blazes in Western U.S.
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
HORNBROOK, Calif.
(AP) — A wildfire raging
through
drought-stricken
timber and brush near Cal-
ifornia’s border with Ore-
gon killed one person and
destroyed multiple structures
as it burns largely out of con-
trol, authorities said Friday.
No other details were
released about the death
blamed on the fire that threat-
ened 300 homes near Horn-
book, a town of 250 people
about 14 miles south of the
Oregon border. It’s not clear
the flames burned homes or
other structures like barns.
It was one of dozens of
fires across the dry Amer-
ican West, fueled by ris-
ing temperatures and gusty
winds that were expected to
last through the weekend.
Heat spreading from South-
ern California into parts of
Arizona, Nevada and Utah
threatened to worsen flames
that have forced thousands
of people to evacuate and
destroyed hundreds of homes
across the West.
On the California-Ore-
gon border, the fire ignited
Thursday and moved swiftly
through the region that is
home to many retirees, said
Ray Haupt, chairman of the
Siskiyou County Board of
Supervisors.
“It moved so fast I’m
not sure how much time
lagged between the evacu-
ation and when it hit Horn-
brook,” he said. “It hit there
pretty quick. We know we’ve
lost homes and lots of struc-
tures, including livestock and
horses as well.”
California Gov. Jerry
Brown declared a state of
emergency, citing “extreme
peril” to people and property.
Farther north in Oregon,
authorities urged hikers and
other outdoor enthusiasts to
avoid forests near the state
line. Although the flames
have not crossed into Ore-
gon, officials are concerned
people in remote areas can’t
be reached in case they need
to quickly evacuate.
The areas of concern
include the Pacific Crest
Trail, Mount Ashland and the
California Highway Patrol via AP
Cascade-Siskiyou National
Monument. Fire danger
could prohibit rescuers from
looking for anyone, the Jack-
son County Sheriff’s Office
said.
Elsewhere in Califor-
nia, a massive blaze north-
west of Sacramento had
destroyed nine homes, offi-
cials said. Firefighters had
begun inspecting the fire
zone, which covers an area
nearly three times the size of
San Francisco.
The fire, spanning 140
square miles, was partially
contained, but crews strug-
gled in steep, rugged terrain.
With the weather getting hot-
ter and drier, and officials
said the fire could grow.
About 75 miles east of
Los Angeles, a wildfire in
the San Bernardino National
Forest prompted mandatory
evacuations for the entire
community of Forest Falls,
which has about 700 homes
and about 1,000 residents.
In San Diego County, a
fast-moving wildfire burned
a handful of homes.
Video from news helicop-
ters showed fire crews run-
ning along Interstate 8 in
Alpine and trying to quell
the flames that were spread-
ing along the side of the free-
way as a handful of homes
were completely engulfed in
flames.
San Diego Gas and Elec-
tric says nearly 1,700 cus-
tomers are without power
after the fire damaged the
electric system.
In the same county, a new
fire on the Camp Pendleton
Marine base prompted the
evacuation of 750 homes.
In contrast, rain helped
slow the growth of wildfires
in Colorado that have burned
Corrections
In the July 6 brief about a two-vehicle crash near
Warehouse Beach, the EO stated that one of the vehicles
involved in the crash was a white Chevrolet SUV. The
vehicle was a pickup truck.
In the July 6 brief about a chase near Hermiston that
led to an arrest, the EO stated that the suspect, Kody
Michael Elmer, crashed his vehicle into a ditch. He was
stopped at a traffic stop and then fled, and his vehicle was
impounded.
The EO regrets the errors.
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Forecast
Partly sunny and
pleasant
Mostly sunny and
nice
86° 56°
91° 61°
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Mostly sunny
WEDNESDAY
Sunny and
beautiful
Mostly sunny
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
94° 63°
87° 59°
91° 64°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
96° 62°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
93°
86°
108° (1968)
61°
57°
42° (1898)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
0.00"
0.06"
6.49"
11.30"
7.63"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday
Normals
Records
HIGH
LOW
95°
87°
105° (1968)
68°
57°
44° (2010)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
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0.00"
0.04"
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6.59"
5.74"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
New
First
Full
91° 58°
95° 59°
Seattle
75/57
ALMANAC
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99° 64°
5:14 a.m.
8:46 p.m.
1:20 a.m.
2:42 p.m.
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Wenatchee
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82/58
Tacoma
Moses
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Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 85/54
76/50
69/55
74/51
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Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
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87/60 Lewiston
88/54
Astoria
85/57
68/52
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
81/57
Pendleton 80/49
The Dalles 90/54
86/56
87/58
La Grande
Salem
82/51
83/54
Albany
Corvallis 82/52
81/52
John Day
86/53
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
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83/48
Caldwell
Burns
93/61
87/46
Astoria
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Burns
Enterprise
Eugene
Heppner
Hermiston
John Day
Klamath Falls
La Grande
Meacham
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
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Redmond
Salem
Spokane
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WINDS
Medford
90/56
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Klamath Falls
85/45
Boardman
Pendleton
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Partly sunny today. Mainly
clear tonight. Mostly sunny tomorrow.
Eastern Washington: Partly sunny today.
Clear tonight. Mostly sunny tomorrow.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly sunny
today; pleasant. Clear tonight.
Cascades: Partly sunny and pleasant
today. Mainly clear tonight. Mostly sunny
tomorrow.
Northern California: Areas of low clouds
and fog, then sunshine at the coast today;
Western Washington: Clouds and sun
today; a couple of showers at the coast.
Today
Sunday
WSW 6-12
WNW 6-12
NE 4-8
NNW 4-8
UV INDEX TODAY
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had to call police. He tried
to yank out the car keys, but
the woman hit the gas and
sped up the field toward the
westbound entrance.
Workers yelled for her to
stop. Williams was on the
south end of the on-ramp
when the car stuck him
about knee-level, propelling
him onto the hood before he
smacked the ground.
The car may have had
Washington plates dis-
playing “5B” or “5P.” The
driver headed west on I-84
from the 207 before anyone
could call 911 and was out
of sight near milepost 202.
Williams had a bloody
nose and “noticeable abra-
sion to the right side of
his head,” according to
the report. He declined an
ambulance ride, but “it
was obvious he was shook
up from the incident and
was moving slowly.” At
the request of his supervi-
sor, Williams let Pendle-
ton paramedics check him
out and got that ambulance
ride to St. Anthony Hospi-
tal, Pendleton.
Oregon State Police
trooper Boon Setser later
questioned Williams at
the hospital, where he
described the car as a small
two-door sedan “French
blue” in color, differ-
ent from the three eyewit-
nesses. The police report
notes the car knocked Wil-
liams unconscious.
Williams during a recent
phone interview said he
still can’t recall details, but
his body spoke about what
happened. In addition to the
broken left arm — his dom-
inant arm — he said his left
leg from the knee down was
one big bruise for a while
and he suffered headaches
for several days after. He
said he is waiting on a scan
to determine if his elbow is
dislocated.
His recovery, though, is
going OK, and he’s going
back to work. The next job
is in La Pine and Houck
Construction is giving him
some extra help, he said, but
he’ll have to travel to Port-
land to see his doctor.
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SUNDAY
dozens of homes. But the
threat of a deluge raised the
possibility of flooding at a
stubborn blaze in the south-
western corner of the state.
Officials issued a flash
flood watch for the 85-square-
mile area burned by a fire that
started June 1. They say it is
just smoldering and rain over
the coming days should keep
it from spreading.
Rain helped a fire in the
heart of ski country that
has destroyed three houses,
including the home of a vol-
unteer firefighter battling the
flames near the resort town
of Aspen. Gov. John Hicken-
looper visited the area Friday.
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90° 54°
Richard “Scott” Wil-
liams of Beaverton hopes
someone knows the driver
who ran him down in
Pendleton.
The hit-and-run hap-
pened a month ago, but
police have not been able
to find the driver. Williams,
meanwhile, is sporting a
broken left arm while going
back to work.
Williams said he is
foggy on what happened.
He didn’t even know the
impact knocked him out, he
said, until co-workers told
him he had been uncon-
scious for a few moments.
Williams was the traffic
control supervisor for Roy
L. Houck Construction Co.,
a Salem-based contractor
repaving the Interstate 84
on- and off-ramps at mile-
post 207. He was laying out
striping June 7 when a dark
gray Toyota Camry drove
up around 11:20 that morn-
ing. According to the report
from Pendleton police Sgt.
Brandon Gomez, Williams’
co-workers said the car
stopped at the westbound
flagger on Westgate north
where it turns toward I-84.
The worker there described
the female driver as “pencil
thin” with short blonde hair
and blue eyes. She wore
a black stocking cap with
a small bill. She also had
“extremely slurred speech,
watery eyes and avoided
eye contact.”
The driver mentioned
looking for 40th Street, and
the worker said she would
try to help her with direc-
tions. The driver took off
across Westgate, over the
on-ramp and into the adja-
cent field.
Another member of the
construction crew ran to
the car. He told police the
driver “looked screwed
up” and was impaired, but
he didn’t know from what.
He recounted telling the
woman she could not drive
through the construction
zone and would help her get
out of the field, but he also
In this photo released Friday by the California Highway Patrol, the Klamathon Fire
burns in Hornbrook, Calif. A local California official says a deadly blaze burning near
the Oregon border moved swiftly through the rural area that is home to many retirees.
— Founded Oct. 16, 1875 —
TODAY
Construction worker seeks
driver who injured him
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0-2, Low
3-5, Moderate 6-7, High;
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11+, Extreme
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num-
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Forecasts and graphics provided by
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National Summary: Sunshine and low humidity will grace the Midwest and Northeast
today, as thunderstorms amid humid air drench areas from Texas to the southern Atlantic
coast. Storms will erupt over the Southwest.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 119° in Thermal, Calif.
Low 36° in Leadville, Colo.
NATIONAL CITIES
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Albuquerque
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Fargo
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
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Memphis
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Miami
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Milwaukee
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Minneapolis
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Nashville
87
New Orleans
88
New York City
79
Oklahoma City
91
Omaha
87
Philadelphia
81
Phoenix
112
Portland, ME
78
Providence
78
Raleigh
79
Rapid City
99
Reno
96
Sacramento
97
St. Louis
84
Salt Lake City
98
San Diego
89
San Francisco
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Seattle
75
Tucson
105
Washington, DC 82
Wichita
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