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County to pay consulting firm to study response to fires

by Ambar Rodriguez
| December 30, 2020 6:33 AM

MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — When the Almeda and Obenchain Fires hit, few Jackson County residents were notified about evacuation orders. Many were forced to flee with nothing but the clothes on their backs and no notification save for a knock on their door telling them it was time to leave.

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