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A planned fuel reduction burn southeast of Bend took a dangerous turn Thursday after flames crossed containment lines and sparked spot fires outside the intended burn area, prompting officials to reclassify the incident as a wildfire.
What began as a prescribed burn near Pine Mountain is now being managed as the Pine Mountain Fire, with crews scrambling to contain the blaze as it continues to grow in Central Oregon.
The operation was originally planned as a 2,008-acre prescribed burn roughly 14 miles southeast of Bend. Ignitions first began Tuesday and continued into Wednesday as part of ongoing forest management efforts aimed at reducing wildfire risk in the
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