A 17-person San Francisco fire department strike team was dispatched to southern Oregon Monday to join the battle against the raging Rum Creek Fire that has already claimed the life of a firefighter.
The Rum Creek Fire had burned almost 15 square miles by early Sundy, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. That's more than double the 7 square miles reported Saturday.A heat wave moving into the area in coming days could worsen the situation and make it easier for fuels to burn, officials said.
A remote area with about 200 people and more than 100 houses and other structures remained under evacuation, according to information from Josephine County Emergency Management. Brown's office on Saturday announced she had invoked an emergency act that cleared the way for the State Fire Marshal to mobilize firefighters and equipment to assist local firefighters and to support a coordinated response.
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