A fast-moving wildfire has grown to more than 50,000 acres in Wasco and Sherman counties, burning through structures and forcing people to evacuate their homes.
Deputies said they found a person dead Wednesday afternoon near a tractor that had been burned by the flames.
The Substation Fire broke out on Tuesday near The Dalles. Wind coupled with the hot, dry conditions caused the fire to quickly spread across the regional terrain of grass and shrubbery. Governor Kate Brown declared the fire a conflagration earlier in the day, which allows the state fire marshal to mobilize fire resources to help fight the fire.
Calmer wind conditions are allowing firefighters to better fight the fire, which is primarily burning through the Deschutes Canyon area.