Sean C. Morgan
It’s not supposed to be fire season, but northwestern Oregon, the coast range and the southwest interior experienced several wildfires last week.
As during last summer’s fire season, the Sweet Home area was spared, though a backyard burn on Marks Ridge near Jones Road did prompt a visit by firefighters Saturday evening.
Oregon Department of Forestry Sweet Home Unit Forester Craig Pettinger said that east winds and low precipitation dried out Western…