Fire south of Eugene closes Highway 99, brings evacuation warnings

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***** south of Eugene closes Highway 99, brings evacuation warnings

Updated at 3:45 p.m.

A vegetation ***** south of Eugene closed Highway 99 and brought level 1 evacuation warnings near Ricketts and Hampton on Monday.

The blaze originally led to a level 2 evacuation warning, meaning “be ready to go,” but was downgraded in the late afternoon by the Lane County Sheriff’s Office. The evacuation warning applies to areas between Interstate 5 and Hideaway Hills, and between Hampton and Ricketts.

In addition, Highway 99 was closed 2 miles south of its intersection with Willamette Highway 58. The next on-ramp to I-5, at exit 186 northbound, was also closed.

The ***** has closed exit 186 northbound off ramp on I-5, according to the Oregon Department of Transportation.

“The crews are working a ***** off Highway 99 and Dillard. Please avoid that area,” a

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Level 2 evacuation warning near I-5 and Highway 99 south of Eugene.

Zach Urness has been an outdoors reporter in Oregon for 16 years and is host of the

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