Almeda Fire

The Almeda Fire of September 8, 2020 started at 11:00am In Ashland, near the dog park. The wind was blowing close to 45 miles per hour directly up the Rogue Valley basically following the path of Bear Creek. People all along the way were evacuated immediately, including Sharon, myself, and Wendy, our dog. The fire burned for over 12 hours covering a little over 13 miles in the process. The fire burned 2,500 homes and 150 businesses to the ground. Only 3 lives were lost which is a credit to the evacuation process. We were required to vacate and located a mile west of our house. We could hear the fire and see the flames from our house. Embers were falling all around our property. Just before midnight the wind changed directions and guided the fire in a direction where it lost it's fuel. It came within 2 miles of our house.