Fire south of Eugene closes Highway 99, brings evacuation warnings
Updated at 3:45 p.m.
A vegetation fire south of Eugene closed Highway 99 and brought level 1 evacuation warnings near Ricketts and Hampton on Monday.
The blaze originally led to a level 2 evacuation warning, meaning “be ready to go,” but was downgraded in the late afternoon by the Lane County Sheriff’s Office. The evacuation warning applies to areas between Interstate 5 and Hideaway Hills, and between Hampton and Ricketts.
In addition, Highway 99 was closed 2 miles south of its intersection with Willamette Highway 58. The next on-ramp to I-5, at exit 186 northbound, was also closed.
The fire has closed exit 186 northbound off ramp on I-5, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation.
“The crews are working a fire off Highway 99 and Dillard. Please avoid that area,” a Facebook post from Pleasant Hill Goshen Fire & Rescue said.
The web camera from the Oregon Hazards Lab at the University of Oregon was showing a plume of smoke Monday afternoon.
A full evacuation map can be found at: https://lcgisorg.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=e66b414d0e174afbb55321e2c64d3940.
Level 2 evacuation warning near I-5 and Highway 99 south of Eugene.
Zach Urness has been an outdoors reporter in Oregon for 16 years and is host of the Explore Oregon Podcast. Urness is the author of “Best Hikes with Kids: Oregon” and “Hiking Southern Oregon.” He can be reached at [email protected] or (503) 399-6801. Find him on X at @ZachsORoutdoors.
This article originally appeared on Salem Statesman Journal: Oregon wildfires: Fire south of Eugene closes Highway 99
View comments
Source link
#Fire #south #Eugene #closes #Highway #brings #evacuation #warnings