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Three Oregonians Killed In Wildfires

(Portland, OR)  --  Authorities are reporting the state's first fatalities from wildfires burning across Oregon.  The Oregonian reports 12-year-old Wyatt Tofte and his grandmother Peggy Mosso were killed by wildfires burning near the Santiam and Lionshead fires southeast of Salem yesterday.  The popular theme park The Enchanted Forest confirmed the deaths on Facebook, adding that Wyatt was the great-grandson of the park's founder.  Elsewhere, the Jackson County Sheriff's Office reported the death of a person yesterday in connection to the Almeda Fire.

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