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As firefighters continue working long shifts across a smoke-covered Oregon, the federal government has agreed to help cover the cost of battling three major wildfires. Two other requests, including one tied to a fire complex that grew to nearly 300,000 acres, were denied.
According to reporting from KGW, the Federal Emergency Management Agency approved Fire Management Assistance Grants for the Lower Dry Creek Fire, Akawa Butte Fire and Grasshopper Fire.
FEMA denied Oregon’s applications for the East Evans Creek Fire in Southern Oregon and the sprawling Rowe Creek Complex in north-central Oregon.
That means three of the five wildfire assistance requests submitted by Gov. Tina Kotek’s administration
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