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A wildfire began growing quickly in the Rogue Valley in forest lands outside of Eagle Point, about 20 miles northeast of Medford, Oregon

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Video credit - Jennifer Hogan
Video date - July 7th
Location - Eagle point Oregon
1500 acres

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A wildfire began growing quickly in the Rogue Valley on Sunday afternoon in forest lands outside of Eagle Point, about 20 miles northeast of Medford, Oregon
The Salt Creek Fire was approximately 800-1,000 acres with a large smoke plume visible from Medford, Ashland and surrounding towns.Firefighters were engaged in an aggressive initial attack using air tankers and helicopters, according to the Oregon Department of Forestry Southwest District. Jackson County issued a level 1 “Be Ready” evacuation warning for several zones around the fire on Sunday but no evacuation orders had been issued as of 6:30 p.m.

“There are no structures threatened at this time. Deputies are on scene to provide door-to-door notifications to houses in the areas,” the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post
The fire began burning during temperatures in excess of 100 F with a red flag warning and excessive heat warning in effect. Triple digit temperatures are forecast to continue through Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service, Medford office.
According to Jennifer , who filmed this video
A couple years ago a fire started in about the same place. It just continued to grow and wiped out a lot of land.
Fires are a part of life in southern Oregon, every summer.

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