Fire season around Sweet Home continues to be fairly quiet, but fire danger is high.
“We’re in high dispatch, and we’re in high fire danger,” said Oregon Department of Forestry Sweet Home Unit Protection Supervisor Jim Basting. High dispatch refers to the amount of personnel and equipment that are dispatched.
Fuels are dry, Basting said, and even though it has been an “oddball” summer, fire can flare up easily.
Monday afternoon, at about 1 p.m.,…