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BY CLAIRE RUSH AND GILLIAN FLACCUS • Associated Press/Report for America
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emperatures at Bend Municipal Airport hit 104 degrees Thursday afternoon, at least the third straight day the airport recorded
temperatures above 100 degrees, according to preliminary data from the National Weather Service.
The weather service xtended its excessive heat warning in Central and Eastern Oregon by another day — through 11 p.m. Sunday.
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High temperatures could
remain above 100 degrees un-
til Sunday, when the weather
service predicts it will only
reach 99 degrees.
Heat wave duration re-
cords could be broken in the
Pacific Northwest this week,
and authorities in Portland are
expanding capacity at some
cooling centers as tempera-
tures near triple digits and
are forecast to extend into the
weekend.
“For the next several days
through Saturday, we’re go-
ing to be within a few degrees
of 100 every day,” said Colby
Neuman, a meteorologist for
the National Weather Service
in Portland.
Temperatures in Oregon’s
largest city are forecast to soar
to 101 degrees again on Fri-
day. On Tuesday, Portland set
a daily record, 102 degrees.
Seattle on Tuesday also re-
ported a new record daily high
of 94 degrees.
In the Portland area, three
people are suspected to have
died from heat-related ill-
nesses since Monday, Mult-
nomah County officials said
in a statement Thursday.
The county medical exam-
iner is investigating the deaths
but did not provide additional
details. The first death oc-
curred Monday, and county
Craig Mitchelldyer/AP
Jesse Moore cools off in the Salmon Street Springs fountain in Portland on Tuesday. The National Weather
Service has extended its excessive heat warning another day for Central and Easter Oregon. It now contin-
ues until 11 p.m. Sunday.
officials said the investigation
could take “several weeks to
months.” The next two deaths
happened Wednesday and
Thursday.
Officials have not identified
the people who died.
Two additional people died
this week after they were pre-
sumed to have drowned, in-
cluding a man pulled out of
Henry Hagg Lake while swim-
ming with his family on Tues-
day and another man who was
pulled from the Sandy River
near Oxbow Regional Park on
Wednesday. Officials have not
identified either man.
Multnomah County offi-
cials continue to increase ser-
vices to help people survive
the heat, including increasing
the capacity of overnight cool-
ing shelters and keeping them
open through at least Saturday
morning.
The county previously
planned to keep cooling shel-
ters open through Friday
morning, but said on Thurs-
day that it plans to keep ser-
vices available “as long as
forecasts indicate they are nec-
essary.”
About 170 people stayed
overnight at Portland’s four
cooling shelters, which can
now accommodate nearly 300
people. A daytime cooling
center will also stay open at
least through Friday in north-
west Portland’s Old Town
neighborhood.
The city of Portland is op-
erating six misting stations at
public parks, along with four
24-hour water filling stations.
Three county libraries have ex-
tended their hours until 9 p.m.
to offer heat relief into the eve-
ning, and TriMet will not ask
for fares from those seeking
rides to cooling centers.
Heat-related 911 calls in
Portland have tripled in recent
days, from an estimated eight
calls on Sunday to 28 calls on
Tuesday, said Dan Douthit,
a spokesperson for the city’s
Bureau of Emergency Man-
agement. Most calls involved
a medical response, Douthit
added.
Multnomah County said
more people have been visit-
ing emergency departments
for heat-related symptoms.
Emergency department vis-
its “have remained elevated
since Sunday,” the county said
in a statement. “In the past
three days, hospitals have
treated 13 people for heat ill-
ness, when they would nor-
mally expect to see two or
three.”
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LOCAL BRIEFING
Redmond Police seek assistance
to identify hit-and-run suspect
Redmond Police are seeking the
public’s help to identify a suspect in
a hit-and-run crash that occurred
Wednesday afternoon.
Police responded to the crash at
2:54 p.m. in the parking area of the
Redmond Skate Park, the department
said in a news release Thursday.
Witnesses told police they saw a Jeep
Grand Cherokee collide with a black
2003 Chevrolet Silverado occupied by
two juveniles. While there were no inju-
ries reported, the Jeep Grand Cherokee
was damaged on the rear bumper, but
left without exchanging information.
The driver was described as a white
man in his 30s, medium build with a
shaved head and wearing a black tank
top. Anyone who witnessed or has in-
formation on the incident is encour-
aged to call the police department’s
nonemergency dispatch number at
541-693-6911.
Prineville Hotshots respond to
Crescent Ranger District fire
Ten smokejumpers and firefighters
from the Prineville Interagency Hot-
shots are responding to an approx-
imately 4-acre fire on the Crescent
Ranger District.
The fire, located 3 miles north of the
Mount Thielsen Wilderness, is burn-
ing in heavy fuels and timber, the U.S.
Forest Service said in a Facebook post
on Thursday.
Crews will use a helicopter, taking
water from Crescent Lake, as part of
firefighting efforts, the post added.
Anyone in the area is advised to use
caution.
The Prineville Interagency Hotshot
Crew is a 20-person wildland firefight-
ing crew hosted by the Ochoco Na-
Because of high temperatures, grass
behind the site caught fire. Person-
nel with the Bureau of Land Manage-
ment were on scene to prevent further
spread.
Central Oregon counties drop to
medium levels of COVID spread
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Jefferson County Fire & Emergency Services put out a fire Thursday at High Desert Golf
Cars near Madras.
tional Forest and based in Prineville.
Hotshots are highly trained firefight-
ers who respond to high-priority fires
across the country.
Fire destroys Madras
golf cart company
MADRAS — A fire at a golf-cart
rental company undergoing a heavy
remodel destroyed the building Thurs-
day afternoon and threatened neigh-
boring businesses and homes.
Around 2:45 p.m. Thursday, Jeffer-
son County Fire & Emergency Services
received calls from neighbors of High
Desert Golf Cars reporting a major fire
in the two-story structure.
The same business caught fire in
June. Fire Chief Jeff Blake said the
owners had just left the site around 15
minutes before the building caught
fire.
“We were able to make a good at-
tack, and we were able to catch it be-
fore it got to anyone,” Blake said.
The fire was contained around
3:30 p.m., but a cause has not yet been
determined.
The Madras Police Department
evacuated a mobile home park located
near the construction site.
With the temperature above 100 de-
grees, neighbors doused their lawns
with garden hoses to keep the flames
away.
Mike Brandenburg, who works next
door at Gray’s Automotive, was work-
ing outside in the afternoon.
He went inside for several minutes
and when he returned, the neigh-
boring business was fully engulfed in
flames.
“It was intense,” he said. “It burned
down pretty fast. I had a hose, trying to
keep it from jumping into our yard.”
COVID-19 community spread
dropped in several Oregon counties
including those in Central Oregon,
where Crook, Deschutes and Jefferson
counties all returned to medium levels,
according to the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
The CDC on Thursday ranked 11
Oregon counties at high levels of com-
munity spread, 20 at medium and five
at low.
A week ago, the agency listed 19 at
high — including Crook, Deschutes
and Jefferson counties — 16 at me-
dium and one at low.
The CDC monitors levels of
COVID-19 to help communities de-
cide what prevention steps to take
based on the latest data. Levels can be
low, medium or high and are deter-
mined by looking at hospital beds be-
ing used, hospital admissions and the
total number of new COVID-19 cases
in an area.
The agency listed the following lev-
els for Central Oregon:
Deschutes County: Medium
Crook County: Medium
Jefferson County: Medium
Precautions the CDC recommends
for communities with medium levels:
• If you are at high risk for severe ill-
ness, talk to your health care provider
about whether you need to wear a
mask and take other precautions.
• Stay up to date with COVID-19
vaccines
• Get tested if you have symptoms
— Bulletin staff reports
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