Jefferson County fire chief talks to KTVZ News about agricultural burns that sparked concern; more planned Friday, Saturday
Triton Notary
(Update: More burns planned the next couple of days)
MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) — With these warm and dry conditions, wildfire concern is top of mind. KTVZ News received several calls and emails Thursday from residents seeing smoke plumes and worried about new fires.
Meanwhile, there were at least two sanctioned agriculture burns in central Jefferson County. On a warm and dry day, seeing the smoke plumes could be concerning.
Jefferson County Smoke Management advised of more field burns planned for Friday and Saturday.
KTVZ News spoke to Jefferson County Fire and EMS Chief Jeff Blake, who said the farmers take several precautions.
“Our farmers do a great job prepping their fields, making sure that they have fire breaks around, making sure that they do everything safe,” he said. “Because they want to protect the crops that they’re burning next to, but they also want to protect this program, because it is so valuable to the agricultural industry.”