Ewing shared photographs on Facebook of wow gold classic the neighboring fire's orange glow, and trees going up on a nearby hillside -- how nearby was hard to tell in the dark.
"Wow -- it is a nightmare," he wrote, observing fire crews head up the highway.
Scenes like that were being repeated across much of the state, as a predicted windstorm came to pass amid large fire threat, sending trees toppling onto homes and highways and causing wildfires to spread quickly, such as one that shut off 97 north of Chiloquin.
By late Monday night, according to ODOT TripCheck, a nearly 70-mile stretch of Highway 22, west from the junction with Highway 20, was closed due to the fires and downed trees. State Highway 126 was closed by a wildfire, four kilometers west of McKenzie Bridge.
ODOT advised early Tuesday that wildfires had closed a nearly 70-mile stretch (milepost 82 to 13) of state Highway 22 between Stayton along with the Santiam Junction with Highway 20, and a 26-mile stretch (milepost 28-54) of state Highway 126 (that the McKenzie Highway) between Vida and state Highway 242.
"Evacuations are underway in both areas," they counseled. "Watch for fire crews."
Forecasters and fire officers had warned for days the"end event" was going to cause destruction -- and it did, with cheap wow classic gold downed trees stranding many drivers until the streets could be cleared, together with the spreading wildfires.