Sean C. Morgan
Of The New Era
Fire season officially and abruptly ended on Oct. 1, the earliest since 1978, and the burn ban was lifted on Oct. 2.
“That whole week prior to that, they kept talking about all this rain,” Oregon Department of Forestry Forest Protection Supervisor Jim Basting said. Then the Sweet Home area ended up with 2.5 inches of rain over the weekend of Sept. 30 to Oct. 1.
“It was…