Now that the smoke has settled with a weekend of rain in the mountains the Dollar Lake Fire should be under control and the firefighters are doing a happy dance. Locals feel we dodged a bullet with the Hood River fire hoping over to our side of the mountain heading towards the Bull Run, Portland's watershed, and the huge BPA power lines hanging along LoLo Pass Road. Around 300 homes were threatened. Smoke hung in the valley and ash covered homes up LoLo Pass we are all relieved. Now the work begins on understanding how this fire blew up so fast and cost as much as it did, around $9,000,000! 

Read about the details in this Oregon Live article.