(Condon, OR) -- A new wildfire was reported Thursday on the John Day River in Sherman County about a mile-and-a-half south of Cottonwood Canyon State Park, which was evacuated. The Ferry Fire forced the closure of Highway 206 between Condon and Wasco. It's estimated at five-thousand acres and zero percent contained. The cause is under investigation. Around two dozen fires were reported across Central Oregon this week, following a storm that brought more than 51-hundred lightning strikes in 72 hours.