CHILOQUIN, Ore. (AP) — Additional resources are being sent to wildfire in south-central Oregon is growing rapidly and degrading air quality as it chews through national forestland amid dry, hot and windy conditions. The fire in Klamath County had grown to nearly 17,000 acres Thursday and was 1% contained. The Oregon State Fire Marshal said Thursday afternoon the fire was threatening lives, structures, and property as it moved to the south and east and that additional resources would arrive Thursday evening. Farther north, a smaller fire about 40 miles east of Roseburg prompted mandatory evacuations and closures on Oregon Highway 138 as it continued to grow on Thursday.
More resources being sent to southern Oregon wildfire
