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Here is this morning's wildfire summary for Oregon:

Oregon
Number of Fires: 15
Acres: 183,920
New Fires: 1
Fires Contained: 2

NEW - Lava (BLM Lakeview District): 400 acres at 0 percent contained. This fire is 15 miles north of Christmas Valley. Limited access and rocky terrain are hampering suppression efforts. Personnel are monitoring.
Information: Call 541-947-2177

Sheep Rock (BLM Vale District): 700 acres at 50 percent contained. This fire is two miles northeast of Riverside. Extreme fire behavior was observed. Engines and crews are mopping up.

Wall Creek (Southwest Oregon District, Oregon Department of Forestry): 321 acres at 95 percent contained. This fire is burning ten miles northeast of Medford. Minimal fire behavior was observed. Crews are mopping up.
Information: Visit the Oregon Department of Forestry web site

747 (Ochoco National Forest): 10,630 acres at 20 percent contained. This fire is northeast of Paulina. Extremely rugged and inaccessible terrain is hampering suppression efforts. Structure protection is in place for four threatened residences and several outbuildings.
Information: Call 541-416-6811 or visit the Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center web site

North Umpqua Complex (Umpqua National Forest): 600 acres at 20 percent contained. This fire is burning 25 miles east of Glide. Rocky, inaccessible terrain is hampering containment efforts. Personnel are constructing indirect attack handline, improving established fireline and mopping up. Twenty residences are threatened.
Information: Call 541-957-3270 or 541-957-3227 or visit the Umpqua National Forest web site

Squire Peak (Southwest Oregon District, Oregon Department of Forestry): 2,804 acres at 95 percent contained. Minimal fire behavior was observed.
Information: Call 541-899-6987

Flag Tail (Malheur National Forest): 7,600 acres at 55 percent contained. This fire is burning 13 miles west of Seneca. Crews are burning out and mopping up.
Information: Call 541-575-3008 or visit the Malheur National Forest web site

Biscuit Complex (Siskiyou National Forest): 4,840 acres at 0 percent contained. This complex consists of several fires, 17 miles southwest of Cave Junction. Steep, inaccessible terrain is hampering containment efforts. Crews are constructing indirect attack fireline for structure protection. Twelve residences are threatened.
Information: Call 541-592-4024 or 541-592-4020 or visit the Siskiyou National Forest web site

Grizzly Complex (Fremont National Forest): 6,050 acres at 60 percent contained. This complex, comprised of the Grizzly, Bare and Logan fires, is 15 miles west of Lakeview. Personnel are patrolling and mopping up.
Information: Call 541-947-0244 or visit the Fremont National Forest web site

Tool Box Complex (Fremont National Forest): 59,160 acres at 40 percent contained. This complex consists of the Tool Box and Silver fires which are 30 miles northwest of Paisley and eight miles southwest of Silver Lake respectively. Crews and engines are constructing fireline and providing for structure protection. Fifteen residences, a major power line and an extensive communications site are threatened.
Information: Call 541-576-2107 or visit the Fremont National Forest web site

Winter (Klamath Lake District, Oregon Department of Forestry): 31,100 acres at 40 percent contained. This fire is ten miles northwest of Paisley. Steep and rocky terrain is hampering containment efforts. Crews are burning out and constructing handline on the west and south flanks. Sixty residences are threatened; structure protection is in place.
Information: Call 541-943-3513 or visit the Fremont National Forest web site

Monument (Malheur National Forest): 24,700 acres at 30 percent contained. This fire is nine miles southwest of Unity. Limited access is hampering containment efforts. Seventy-five residences are threatened.
Information: Call 541-446-3614 or visit the Monument Fire web site

Tiller Complex (Umpqua National Forest): 3,600 acres at 6 percent contained. This complex is comprised of 94 reported fires on the Tiller Ranger District and in the Rogue-Umpqua Divide Wilderness Area, west of Tiller. Forty residences are threatened.
Information: Call 541-825-3201 or visit the Umpqua National Forest web site

Malheur Complex (Malheur National Forest): 8,211 acres at 20 percent contained. This complex, consisting of the Roberts and Easy fires, is burning eight to 25 miles south of Prairie City. Fifty residences, several commercial properties and numerous outbuildings are threatened; structure protection is in place.
Information: Call 541-820-4503 or visit the Malheur National Forest web site

Eyerly Complex (BIA Warm Springs Agency): 23,204 acres at 70 percent contained. This complex consists of the Eyerly and Geneva 2 fires which are burning in the Metolius River Canyon, 15 miles northeast of Camp Sherman. Crews are constructing direct attack fireline and mopping up. Two hundred and eighty residences are threatened; structure protection is in place.
Information: Call 541-546-6170 or 541-546-6175

They have keep the news lid on the Biscuit Fire in SW Oregon by the Illinois River and the fires east of Roseburg in the upper Umpqua areas.