A Wyoming man tried to help a friend save his cattle from the Durkee Fire, but the high winds were too much, and flames jumped each fire line they made.
BOISE, Idaho — The Durkee Fire continues to burn in Eastern Oregon. As of July 24, it had burned over 244,000 acres.
The people of Huntington and the Rye Valley area have been asked to evacuate several days in a row, leaving their belongings and even cattle behind.
“I could tell it was going to be a pretty rough day,” Blake Maxwell said. “The amount of smoke and the dark clouds going up in
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