Firefighters battling the Oregon Flat Fire, which has so far torched nearly 22,000 acres, could face setbacks if the latest weather conditions shift, officials cautioned Monday.

The raging blaze , which is only 5% contained, has destroyed homes and buildings. Thousands of families have been forced to evacuate.

“The winds here can shift at any moment and that could change everything,” Jason Carr, public information officer for the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, told Fox News Digital.

About 4,000 homes are still under evacuation notice, including 1,000 families ordered to “go now.”

Officials have since mapped 827 structures still at risk within the fire’s wide perimeter. Carr said crews were cautiously optimistic Monday afternoon after building new containment lines in the sout

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