(Update: Adding video, three more structural strike teams sent; comments from task force leader)
BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — Thirteen hours away from Los Angeles, Central Oregon fire crews are among 21 Oregon strike teams heading south to join the fight.
“We’re going down with six departments – Black Butte, Redmond, Bend, Sisters-Camp Sherman and Alfalfa and Jefferson County,” said Jason Ellison, Task Force Leader for Oregon State Fire Marshal Strike Team 6…