Grasshopper Fire near Mount Hood prompts evacuation alerts as blaze nears 35,000 acres
TL;DR
Residents near Mount Hood face evacuation alerts as the Grasshopper Fire grows to about 35,000 acres in the Badger Creek Wilderness, triggering Level 1 Be Ready warnings for Rhododendron and Government Camp and a Level 3 Go Now order for the Mt. Hood Meadows area. About 1,200 firefighters are on scene with air support, while hot, windy weather threatens to complicate containment.
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- Eastern Clackamas County told to prepare to evacuate as Grasshopper Fire burns near Mount Hood Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB
- Grasshopper Fire shifts west, prompting Level 3 evacuation order at Mt. Hood Meadows KATU
- Mount Hood Meadows evacuates as wildfires continue to burn across Oregon OregonLive.com
- Oregon wildfires: Mt. Hood Meadows under ‘Go Now’ evacuations, ‘Be Ready’ issued for Mt. Hood Corridor KPTV
- Mt. Hood Meadows under Level 3 'Go Now' evacuation orders as Grasshopper Fire approaches KGW
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