A series of wildfires broke out in Umatilla County Wednesday afternoon, prompting Gov. Tina Kotek to invoke the Emergency Conflagration Act to allow more state resources to battle the wildfires, the Oregon State Fire Marshall reported. One of the fires south of Pilot Rock has reached around 20,000 acres, the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office reported. A sheriff’s office map shows four fires in the area surrounding Pilot Rock. Read more at the link in our bio. 📸: USFS #wildfires #wildfireseason #theoregonian #oregon #umatillaoregon #pendleton