Lightning sparks new brushfire near West Butte in southern Crook County
Barney Lerten
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — Initial attack crews and a helicopter responded to a new lightning-sparked brushfire Wednesday afternoon in southern Crook County.
Incident 252, named the Sage Hollow Fire, was reported shortly after 2 p.m. and had burned about three acres of grass and brush, Central Oregon fire officials said.
It was burning on BLM land about four miles east of West Butte, about 10 miles north of Highway 20.
Officials said interagency fire crews on the fire included four engines, a battalion chief, an air attack plane and a Type 2 water-dropping helicopter.
Several small lightning-sparked fires were reported around the region as Tuesday’s thunderstorms peppered the area with hundreds of lightning strikes.