Vehicles head south through smoke from wildfires on I-5 near the Ankeny Hill exit at 10:30a.m. on Tuesday, September 8.
Dawn and Doug Stidd pack up their vehicle with posessions in anticipation of evacuating if the wildfires progressed in Aumsville on Tuesday, September 8.
Bryan Crenshaw sprays water onto his rooftop in Aumsville on Tuesday, September 8. After losing two buildings to a wildfire three years ago, Crenshaw planned on staying through this time to protect his property.
Wildfire smoke along Main Street in Aumsville on Tuesday, September 8. The town was on a ‘Get Ready’ evacuation level two.
Nicole Vanleerdam, right, and Hecto Martinez, of Marion Estates Independent Living, set up cots for their residents to use overnight after evacuating from Sublimity at the Oregon State Fairgrounds on Tuesday, September 8.
Mavis Leahy situates her three alpacas at the Oregon State Fairgrounds after evacuating from her home in Silverton on Tuesday, September 8.
Tammy Sanchez looks over the remains of her neighbor’s home in Gates on Wednesday, September 9.
David Rhodes, of Lyons, and Ross Hofmann, of Aumsville, stop to put out a small roadside fire using the meltwater from a cooler of beer in Gates on Wednesday, September 9.
The foundation of a burnt home on Jennie Road in Mehama on Wednesday, September 9.
Michael Chauran hugs Tasha Mack, whose family owns the property that Chauran and his wife live on and that was burned in the fires, on Wednesday, September 9.
Tasha Mack, center, and son Colton Lee, right, survey the damage on their family’s property along with renter Michael Chauran on Wednesday, September 9.
Destroyed vehicles in Gates on Wednesday, September 9. (Amanda Loman/Salem Reporter)
New grass grows up through ash at the Detroit Flats Day Use Area on Saturday, September 27.
A burned firetruck in Detroit on Saturday, September 27.
The burned remains of The Cedars Restaurant in Detroit on Saturday, September 27.
A burned vehicle in Detroit on Saturday, September 27.
A burned firetruck is reflected in a puddle outside of the destroyed fire station in Detroit on Saturday, September 27.
Jennifer Wentzel holds up the handles of destroyed pots and pans from inside of her family’s RV at Kane’s RV Park in Detroit on Saturday, September 27.
Myron Shenk, of Albany, leans on the frame of a destroyed bunk bed at the remains of a weekend home he shared with his wife in Detroit on Saturday, September 27.
