READ: Report Analyzes Jackson Countys Almeda Fire Response, Calls For Better Coordination. Forest fires are a natural part of the landscape in Oregon, but in recent years this type of urban destruction has been more common in places like Californias wine country or further south. We live in a garage, sort of. This fire primarily burned private lands (no color) with some city and county park lands in green. Interstate 5 crosses north out of California, over Siskiyou Summit, and descends into the southern end of the Rogue River Valley. I take care of hospice patients. A year after the Almeda fire, hundreds who are still in trailers, hotels and other temporary homes continue to grapple with that question. This is why the fire will destroy so much property. Four people died from the fires in Oregon and a 1-year-old boy died from the blazes in . But all of the smoke came through the outlets so their whole trailer was filled with smoke. I would like to do that, but I cant, the owner told me. A separate effort by four Environmental Science capstone students looked at Bear Creek water quality following the Almeda . Some people say, Why do you want to stay in Phoenix? Theres something there I like: the school district. Unbreakable bonds. The Jackson County Sheriffs Office said on Tuesday evening, a Phoenix residentsaw a person, who was later identified as Bakkela, lighting a fire behind their house. Almeda fire's destruction of mobile home parks - oregonlive When we moved into the hotel, we bought bedspreads. Ive lived in a lot of places in the States and in Europe. Bakkelas attorney, Donald Scales, said Tuesday that Bakkela acted recklessly while trying to flee but that he did not intend to start a fire. Ashland Fire and Rescue investigators, working alongside the Oregon State Police Arson Unit and the Oregon State Fire Marshal's Office, determined the fire was "of human origin. Toward the middle of January, I accidentally missed a phone call.