Wildfire in Lower Columbia Basin, Oregon

Wildfire June 13, 2025 · Lower Columbia Basin, Oregon

What the National Weather Service wrote

A brush fire started north of Hermiston around 1500 PDT and resulted in evacuations within the area. The fire also spread to a grass lot, with media photos showing several school buses destroyed.

The wider storm

Very dry atmospheric conditions and with sufficiently dried grass allowed a brush fire to quickly spread during the afternoon, resulting in area evacuations and destruction of property.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1279545. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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