Oregon fires destroy five towns, governor says many deaths feared

Oregon is the worst-hit state as an area twice the size of New York City burns. The central Oregon community of Detroit in the hard-hit Santiam Valley, as well as Blue River and Vida in coastal Lane County, and Phoenix and Talent in southern Oregon were substantially destroyed, Brown told a news conference. A 12-year-old boy and his grandmother died in a wildfire burning near the Santiam Valley community of Lyons, about 50 miles south of Portland, KOIN6 news reported, citing the family, who said the boy's mother was in critical condition.

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