Paradise Firenear Wallowa County, OR

As of Sep 15, 2026, 10:10 AM MDT: The Paradise Fire is 86% contained at 9,656 acres, with management transitioning back to the local forest today. Recent rainfall has slowed repair and rehabilitation efforts, though warming weather this week is expected to allow fuller operations to resume.

• Size: 9,656 acres (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook)
• Containment: 86% (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook)
• Personnel: 678 (shared across both the Paradise and Hagen fires) (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook)
• Northwest Incident Management Team 8 is turning the Paradise Fire over to the local forest at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, September 15, 2026 (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook)
• The Paradise Fire received 1.62 inches of rain over the weekend, with rain continuing through early morning hours of September 14, 2026 (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook)
• Roads are very wet and slick; repair and rehab opportunities have been very limited; crews are operating under an Inclement Weather Plan and only engaging in areas where it is safe to do so (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook)
• Forest and road closures are still in effect (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook)
• Today's temperatures: 56 to 61 degrees; humidity: 45–55 percent; southeast winds 5–7 mph early, switching to northwest winds at 6–8 mph, gusting to near 11 mph around 11:00 AM (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook)
• Updates will now be provided every other day, with special updates issued if important information needs to be shared (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook)
• Fire information phone: 541-970-7128; email: 2026.paradise@firenet.gov (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook)

🤖 AI summary of official posts; may lag or contain errors — verify with the source and official channels. ⚠️ Not an official evacuation order — follow your sheriff/emergency management.

As of Sep 14, 2026, 1:08 PM MDT: All remaining evacuation levels in Umatilla County associated with the Paradise Fire have been lifted, effective 11:00 a.m. today. The change follows continued improvement in fire conditions and significant recent rainfall.

• Effective 11:00 a.m. September 14, 2026, six remaining Umatilla County evacuation zones — UMC-032, UMC-036, UMC-039, UMC-041, UMC-1406043-C, and UMC-1406043-D — returned to Normal status (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook).
• There are now no remaining Paradise Fire evacuation levels in Umatilla County (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook).
• The Paradise Fire area received more than 1.5 inches of rain during the past 48 hours, further improving conditions across the fire area (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook).
• These changes apply to the Paradise Fire only and do not affect evacuation levels associated with the Hagen Fire (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook).

🤖 AI summary of official posts; may lag or contain errors — verify with the source and official channels. ⚠️ Not an official evacuation order — follow your sheriff/emergency management.

As of Sep 11, 2026, 11:15 AM MDT: The Paradise Fire in Umatilla County is 9,656 acres with 28% containment, as operations shift from active suppression toward repair and rehabilitation. A Burned Area Emergency Response (BAER) Team has arrived and is beginning post-fire assessments.

• Size: 9,656 acres (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook)
• Containment: 28% (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook)
• Personnel: 886, shared across both the Paradise and Hagen fires combined (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook)
• A BAER Team has arrived on the Paradise Fire and is beginning assessments to identify immediate threats to public safety, property, and critical natural resources, and to recommend emergency stabilization measures to reduce erosion and protect watersheds (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook)
• Equipment and ground crews are focused on suppression repair, re-leveling and stabilizing disturbed dozer lines, repairing damaged roads, and restoring impacted trail networks (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook)
• Firefighters are rehabbing indirect lines and hot spotting — searching out and cooling isolated pockets of heat near the fire's edge (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook)
• A hotshot crew continues to build hand line in the steepest and most rugged terrain (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook)
• Forest and road closures remain in effect; hunters have been spotted within the closure area and law enforcement is increasing patrols (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook)
• Dry conditions are expected to persist through today, followed by a weekend cooling trend with potential rain, then a return to drier and cooler weather next week; pockets of heat within the fire footprint may produce visible smoke during warmer, drier periods (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook)
• Updates will now be issued every other day, with special updates if important information needs to be shared (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook)
• Fire information phone: 541-970-7128 | Email: 2026.paradise@firenet.gov | InciWeb: www.InciWeb.gov (per Umatilla County Sheriff's Office · Facebook)

🤖 AI summary of official posts; may lag or contain errors — verify with the source and official channels. ⚠️ Not an official evacuation order — follow your sheriff/emergency management.