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The Fire sits at 14,584 acres.
The Slater Fire is estimated 153,842 acres and is 25 percent contained. The Oregon Department of Transportation is opening back up parts of U.S. Hwy 199.
The meeting will be held via Facebook live.
The fire burned just under 200 acres.
The USDA has extended their ability to serve free meals.
The Illinois Valley Fire District says they have responded to 15 crashes on Highway 199 in the last two months.
This is due to hot and dry weather that Southern Oregon has seen.
Students of the Medford School District will begin the 2020-21 school year with fully remote learning.
Jackson County got approved another $500,000 that will go to the United Way.
It will work the same as the spring and when the school district went to distance learning.
Data is updated nightly.
| County | Confirmed | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Multnomah | 6912 | 133 |
| Marion | 4504 | 91 |
| Washington | 4355 | 58 |
| Umatilla | 2916 | 41 |
| Clackamas | 2304 | 61 |
| Malheur | 1553 | 25 |
| Jackson | 1069 | 4 |
| Lane | 1023 | 15 |
| Deschutes | 787 | 12 |
| Yamhill | 744 | 14 |
| Jefferson | 513 | 8 |
| Polk | 511 | 15 |
| Morrow | 490 | 6 |
| Linn | 478 | 13 |
| Lincoln | 474 | 13 |
| Union | 435 | 2 |
| Benton | 286 | 6 |
| Klamath | 277 | 2 |
| Wasco | 269 | 3 |
| Hood River | 246 | 0 |
| Douglas | 221 | 3 |
| Josephine | 190 | 2 |
| Columbia | 154 | 1 |
| Coos | 145 | 0 |
| Clatsop | 124 | 0 |
| Baker | 90 | 2 |
| Crook | 61 | 1 |
| Tillamook | 49 | 0 |
| Curry | 31 | 0 |
| Lake | 28 | 0 |
| Wallowa | 28 | 1 |
| Sherman | 18 | 0 |
| Harney | 12 | 0 |
| Gilliam | 8 | 0 |
| Grant | 8 | 0 |
| Unassigned | 0 | 0 |
| Wheeler | 0 | 0 |
Data is updated nightly.
| County | Confirmed | Deaths |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | 262133 | 6401 |
| Riverside | 57482 | 1172 |
| San Bernardino | 52873 | 908 |
| Orange | 52382 | 1150 |
| San Diego | 45147 | 765 |
| Kern | 31572 | 354 |
| Fresno | 27843 | 362 |
| Sacramento | 21628 | 383 |
| Alameda | 20748 | 390 |
| Santa Clara | 20587 | 299 |
| San Joaquin | 20019 | 421 |
| Stanislaus | 16398 | 339 |
| Contra Costa | 16056 | 201 |
| Tulare | 15687 | 256 |
| Ventura | 12477 | 146 |
| Imperial | 11606 | 314 |
| San Francisco | 10865 | 99 |
| San Mateo | 9625 | 144 |
| Monterey | 9568 | 69 |
| Santa Barbara | 8930 | 110 |
| Merced | 8820 | 137 |
| Kings | 7534 | 77 |
| Sonoma | 7160 | 120 |
| Marin | 6613 | 113 |
| Solano | 6194 | 57 |
| Madera | 4424 | 65 |
| Placer | 3507 | 42 |
| San Luis Obispo | 3438 | 27 |
| Butte | 2769 | 40 |
| Yolo | 2765 | 54 |
| Santa Cruz | 2276 | 8 |
| Sutter | 1679 | 10 |
| Napa | 1641 | 13 |
| San Benito | 1312 | 11 |
| Yuba | 1130 | 7 |
| El Dorado | 1074 | 4 |
| Mendocino | 875 | 18 |
| Lassen | 735 | 0 |
| Shasta | 724 | 14 |
| Glenn | 563 | 3 |
| Nevada | 524 | 6 |
| Colusa | 519 | 6 |
| Tehama | 513 | 4 |
| Lake | 512 | 11 |
| Humboldt | 489 | 6 |
| Calaveras | 311 | 14 |
| Amador | 286 | 16 |
| Tuolumne | 226 | 4 |
| Inyo | 187 | 14 |
| Mono | 165 | 2 |
| Siskiyou | 163 | 0 |
| Del Norte | 138 | 1 |
| Mariposa | 75 | 2 |
| Plumas | 50 | 0 |
| Modoc | 25 | 0 |
| Trinity | 15 | 0 |
| Sierra | 6 | 0 |
| Alpine | 2 | 0 |
| Unassigned | 0 | 0 |
