Fire season ends Tuesday in Western Lane, South Cascade and West Oregon districts

VENETA, Ore. - Fire season will end Tuesday in Western Oregon.

West Oregon, Western Lane and South Cascade districts of the Oregon Department of Forestry are declaring an end to their local fire season and dropping industrial fire precaution restrictions starting Oct. 5.

The districts include Lane, Benton, Lincoln and Polk counties and the southern part of Linn and Yamhill counties.

"Recent rains in the district have reduced fire danger to low as have shorter day lengths and cooler temperatures. District officials caution that people should still exercise care when planning any outdoor burning as fires can escape control even outside of fire season," state forestry said in a statement. "Although fire danger levels have dropped around most of Oregon, fire season remains in effect in all other ODF districts pending further improvement in their local fire-risk conditions."