REDMOND — Fire officials are worried after 300 people tried to push through roadblocks Wednesday on highways near Sisters in order to assess any damage to homes threatened by wildfires burning across Oregon.
Kassidy Kern, a spokesperson for the U.S. Forest Service, urged a group of fire refugees at the Super 8 hotel in Redmond on Thursday to follow evacuation notices and not try to return to their properties until it is safe.
Kern said the 300 people were motivated by rumors of looting.
“All across the region, we are asking folks to please respect those closures,” Kern said. “Not just for the security of your personal property, but also for firefighters working in the area.”
Kern updated the displaced residents, many of whom came to Redmond from towns along the McKenzie River and in the Santiam Canyon.
Kern said unprecedented winds caused the fires to grow rapidly over the past few days.
“We have had historic fire conditions with Santa Ana level winds pushing fires to the west,” she said, referring to the fierce winds of Southern California.
National Weather Service forecasts show the winds are shifting and will start blowing the fires south and east to areas that had so far avoided the fires' destruction, Kern said.
“So the fire is coming back around,” a displaced resident said, hearing the forecast. “We are going to get hit twice.”
Kern said firefighters focused Thursday on strengthening fire lines on the eastern side of the fires in anticipation of the wind shift.
“The direction has changed,” Kern said. “So structure protection efforts are going to be focused on the eastern part of the fires.”
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