Oregon prepares for 'mass fatality incident' as fires continue to ravage West Coast

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Officials in Oregon are preparing for a "mass fatality incident" as deadly wildfires continued to burn, the state's emergency management director, Andrew Phelps warned late Friday as firefighters continued to battle massive blazes.

"There are going to be a number of fatalities, folks who just couldn't get warning in time and evacuate their homes and get to safety," Andrew Phelps told MSNBC.

Thousands of structures have been destroyed, he said adding that officials were "preparing for a mass fatality event."

In Oregon, 36 fires have charred 863,794 acres, according to state data Friday. Thousands have been evacuated from their homes, and at least eight people have died since late August because of the fires, according to an NBC News count.

https://news.yahoo.com/largest-wildfire-california-history-grows-225910788.html

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1. My niece, her husband, three kids, three dogs and five rabbits are here due to evacuations

The husband teaches high school in Estacada. So far the three families with kids he taught have lost their homes. This is truly horrific, and that particular fire is still zero % contained, so this won't be over for awhile. Luckily weather is turning in our favor, cooler, winds are dying down and may rain as early as Tuesday, so fingers crossed.