Dean Warner calls the department’s conclusion “pretty wild.”
BY JEFF MANNING
Oregon Journalism Project
A fire behavior scientist who was at the front lines of the deadly 2020 Santiam Canyon Fire is challenging the conclusions of a recently released report by the Oregon Department of Forestry.
The report determined that downed power lines played no role in the deadly blaze.
Instead, the report concluded, it was burning embers from the Beachie Creek Fire that…