The Rail Ridge fire grew in central Oregon on Wednesday, September 4, as emergency crews issued
evacuation alerts for the surrounding area.Footage filmed and posted to Facebook by resident Cori Kluser Anderson shows a large plume of smoke rising from the south side of the Aldrich Mountains in Grant County, Oregon, on Wednesday. Anderson added
photographs of barren trees in the mountain range due to what appears to be prior fire damage.“This is what half of Oregon will look like after this fire season for years to come,” Anderson said.According to
official fire reports, the lightning-caused fire had burned nearly 83,000 acres as of Thursday