Detroit, Oregon
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Detroit is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States. It was named for Detroit, Michigan, in the 1890s because of the large number of people from Michigan in the community. The population was 203
Looking north along Detroit Avenue in 2009
Railroad turntable, just above Detroit, c. 1900
Santiam Fire
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The Santiam Fire was a very large wildfire that burned in Marion, Jefferson, Linn, and Clackamas counties, in northwest Oregon, United States. Having ignited in August 2020, the 402,274-acre fire rava
Detroit, Oregon
…the Motor City will one day return to its previous glory". On September 9, 2020, the entire city of Detroit was mostly burned to the ground during the Santiam Fire. Dozens of people were trapped, but managed to escape on a forest road through the active fire. A few months later, during the February 2021 winter and…
View of the Santiam Fire from Salem on September 8, 2020, with a sky reddened by smoke
Western fires 2020