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Wildfire causes closure of Oregon Coast Highway

Tuesday, August 13, 2002
From the Associated Press

MANZANITA - A small wildfire temporarily forced authorities to close the Oregon Coast Highway at Neahkahnie Mountain this morning, but single-lane traffic is now moving through the area.

The fire is about four miles north of Manzanita, between U-S 101 and the ocean. No houses or other structures are threatened, but steep terrain and strong winds are making firefighting difficult.

Dave Wells, a spokesman for the Oregon Department of Forestry, says the fire jumped the highway briefly last night, but it's now being kept west of the highway. Wells says firefighters hope to contain the fire by early this afternoon.

Officials suspect the fire may have been caused by people setting off fireworks.

Great thanks to the Oregon Watermelon Ba$tards, there may be no safe place to visit Oregon for vacation this year until the winter monsoons come up. We were just discussing this as option last night if Gold Beach/Brookings are all smokey or worse next month.

These Watermelon Ba$tard agenda fires have to be devastating the Oregon tourist business. Of course that is what they really want.