More than 30 wildfires are currently burning in the state of Oregon, mostly along its Cascade Mountain range in the west. Over the past week, dry weather and strong winds drove the flames into several towns and neighborhoods, leaving some communities utterly destroyed. Thick smoke still hangs in the air across large sections of the state, creating hazardous air quality conditions. Gathered here are images of the damage from the past few days, seen in the cities of Molalla, Talent, Detroit, Ashland, Estacada, and more.
Photos: Oregon Communities Devastated by Wildfires
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The local resident, Tami Henderson, grabs her 4-year-old twin nephews Ryder and Chance Sutton, as they prepare to evacuate from the Obenchain Fire in Butte Falls, Oregon, on September 11, 2020. #
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Bryan Alvarez holds a sign for oncoming traffic as utility workers repair power lines in the aftermath of the Obenchain Fire in Eagle Point, Oregon,on September 11, 2020. #
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Workers continue to repair the power system after flames from the Beachie Creek Fire burned through Fishermen's Bend Recreation Site in Mill City, Oregon, on September 13, 2020. #
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Local residents Wyatt Dunn, 13, (left) and James May, 14, take a rest after working with a team of neighbors to help put out hot spots on a property in Molalla, Oregon, on September 13, 2020, which has been evacuated because of the Riverside Fire. #
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Shayanne Summers holds her dog, Toph, while wrapped in a blanket after several days of staying in a tent at an evacuation center at the Milwaukie-Portland Elks Lodge in Oak Grove, Oregon, on September 13, 2020. "It's nice enough here you could almost think of this as camping and forget everything else, almost," said Summers about staying at the center, after evacuating from near Molalla. #
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Marty Hogan, who evacuated from outside Oregon City, holds his chicken, Oddball, near his trailer in the Clackamas Town Center parking lot on September 11, 2020, in Clackamas, Oregon. #
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Marcelino Maceda looks for items in the remains of his mobile home after a wildfire swept through the trailer park, destroying multiple homes in Estacada, Oregon, on September 12, 2020. #
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Margi Wyatt is comforted by the mobile home-park manager, Valerie, after Wyatt returned to the trailer park to find her home destroyed by a wildfire, in Estacada, on September 12, 2020. #
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A search and rescue team, surrounded by red fire retardant, looks for victims in burned residences and vehicles in the aftermath of the Almeda Fire in Talent, Oregon, on September 13, 2020. #
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Search and rescue personnel from the Jackson County Sheriff's Office look for the possible remains of a missing elderly resident in a mobile home park on September 11, 2020, in Ashland, Oregon. #
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A burned cat, temporarily named Chestnut, is seen recovering from her injuries at the Southern Oregon Veterinary Specialty Center, a hospital dealing with rescued animals from the destructive wildfires across the region, on September 12, 2020, in Central Point, Oregon. #
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