July 18, 2025
Oregon Wildfire Burns 77,000 Acres Overnight
Oregon’s Sky Turned to Smoke as a Sudden Wildfire Consumed Over 77,000 Acres in Just Hours It started like any quiet evening in the rolling countryside of central Oregon—dry heat clinging to the air, the kind of summer day that feels heavy but still safe. Then the wind picked up. A whisper at first, moving through the grass and trees, and then a howl. By nightfall on July 13, 2025, that whisper had turned into a roar as flames erupted into one of the largest wildfires the region had seen in recent memory. The fire ignited in Jefferson County and
