Man was ‘awake and conscious’ when his face caught fire during surgery, lawsuit says
The family of an Oregon man who suffered from severe burns after his face caught on fire during surgery is suing the hospital ...
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Cabin Butte Project Area to Close for Forest Restoration
The Deschutes National Forest will temporarily close the Cabin Butte Vegetation Management Project area south of Bend ...
Palisades Fire continues to burn with strong winds prompting another extreme fire warning
After killing at least five people, the Palisades Fire continued to burn east toward the 405 Freeway and San Fernando Valley, ...
Los Angeles fires: Entire neighbourhoods burnt in the two major fires
Deadly wildfires in Los Angeles County have destroyed thousands of homes, with 24 deaths reported; containment efforts ...
Why California keeps building homes where wildfires burn
The L.A. wildfires expose California’s difficult road to navigate between disaster risk and solving the state’s housing ...
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Patient awake when fire ‘combusted’ and burned face during surgery, Oregon suit says
John Murdoch suffered disfiguring facial burns from the incident during an emergency tracheostomy at Portland’s Oregon Health & Science University, or OHSU, in December 2022, according to the $ ...
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Deschutes County Firewise helps harden communities
Each summer and into fall, wildfire burns unnervingly close to communities in Central Oregon. The response from fire crews is ...
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Deschutes National Forest to close nearly 35,000 acres south of Bend for a year-plus of prescribed burns, thinning
The Deschutes National Forest announced Thursday it will temporarily close the Cabin Butte Vegetation Management Project area south of Bend, beginning May 1, to ensure public safety and support ...