Tillamook Burn ‘blew up’ with shocking speed

About this episode

The episode discusses the rapid spread of the Tillamook Burn forest fire and the actions taken by state forester Lynn Cronemiller to prevent a greater disaster.

Quick action by state forester Lynn Cronemiller prevented the devastating forest fire from claiming hundreds of lives when a furnace-stoking wind blew in from Eastern Oregon, flogging the fire toward the sea. (Washington, Yamhill, Tillamook County; 1930s) (For text and pictures, see https://offbeatoregon.com/1408a.tillamook-burn-pt2-the-legacy.html)

Topics covered

• forest fire
• Tillamook Burn
• Lynn Cronemiller
• Oregon history
• 1930s events

Keywords

• Tillamook Burn
• forest fire
• Lynn Cronemiller
• Oregon history
• 1930s
• wildfire prevention

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Washington, Yamhill, Tillamook County

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