Sean C. Morgan
During the final week of Wildfire Awareness Month, Keep Oregon Green and the Oregon Department of Forestry are urging drivers to keep in mind the rules for driving on forest roads during the upcoming fire season.
A fire can start following only a few seconds of contact between dry grass and a hot catalytic converter or tailpipe, said Kristin Babbs of the ODF. “Most such fires are hard to detect at first.…