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More than 2,000 Oregon homes are evacuated as the Cedar Creek fire quadruples in size

Gusty winds and dry conditions starting in the middle of last week propelled the fire from 18,000 acres to 86,000, prompting evacuations and power outages as firefighters worked to control the blaze.
The Cedar Creek fire pictured Friday, the day officials ordered the evacuation of the towns of Oakridge and Westfir.

A wildfire in Oregon has quadrupled in size since late last week, threatening thousands of homes and draping the Interstate 5 corridor, including the Portland metropolitan area, in heavy smoke.

The Cedar Creek fire began during a lightning storm on August, and the fire "breached existing lines," meaning containment dropped to 0%.

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