Sisters Residents Evacuate as Akawa Butte Fire Grows to More than 26,000 Acres

Sisters residents evacuate as Akawa Butte Fire grows to more than 26,000 acres

There are about 20 large fires burning in Oregon — the most of any state. That includes the Akawa Butte Fire just north of Sisters.

Rain moderates fire behavior overnight on Akawa Butte Fire

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Akawa Butte Fire grows, but Mother Nature lent a hand

Sisters area residents staring down the inferno that the Akawa Butte Fire had become on Wednesday afternoon had reason to fear what might happen next. Incident Command reported that the fire made a big run to the south, as firefighters faced “extreme fire behavior due to critically dry fuels and gusty outflow winds from the afternoon thunderstorms [that] pushed the fire downhill toward Indian Ford...