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Cottonwood Fire Under Oregon Command

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

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The Cottonwood Fire, located 15 miles southwest of Long Creek, OR, transitioned to Oregon Department of Forestry Complex Incident Management Team (CIMT) 3 command at 0600 on August 10, 2026.

The fire began on August 6, 2026, and is currently active in Oregon. The Oregon Department of Forestry is managing the incident. No evacuation orders or road closures are mentioned in the public record.

📄 Source: InciWeb Active Wildfires — http://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/or95s-cottonwood-fire

Checked against the public record6 of 8 claims · 75%

Every factual claim below was checked against the original public record. Source: original document ↗

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The Cottonwood Fire is located 15 miles southwest of Long Creek, OR“The Cottonwood Fire, 15 miles southwest of Long Creek, OR started August 6, 2026.”
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The Cottonwood Fire transitioned to Oregon Department of Forestry Complex Incident Management Team (CIMT) 3 command at 0600“The Oregon Department of Forestry Complex Incident Management Team (CIMT) 3 took command of the Cottonwood Fire from a Central Oregon Type-3 organization at 0600 on August 10, 2026.”
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The Cottonwood Fire transitioned to Oregon Department of Forestry Complex Incident Management Team (CIM, IMT) 3 command on August 10, 2026“The Oregon Department of Forestry Complex Incident Management Team (CIMT) 3 took command of the Cottonwood Fire from a Central Oregon Type-3 organization at 0600 on August 10, 2026.”
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The Cottonwood Fire began on August 6, 2026“The Cottonwood Fire, 15 miles southwest of Long Creek, OR started August 6, 2026.”
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The Cottonwood Fire is currently active in Oregon“The Cottonwood Fire, 15 miles southwest of Long Creek, OR started August 6, 2026.”
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The Oregon Department of Forestry is managing the incident“The Oregon Department of Forestry Complex Incident Management Team (CIMT) 3 took command of the Cottonwood Fire from a Central Oregon Type-3 organization at 0600 on August 10, 2026.”
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No evacuation orders are mentioned in the public record“null”
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No road closures are mentioned in the public record“null”