The Emigrant Fire has spread to 23,404 acres in eastern Lane and Douglas Counties.

The fire, which is burning in the scar of a 2009 blaze, continues to grow. And weather conditions mean that growth is expected to increase in the coming days.

The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning through 9:00 p.m. Wednesday from the Mount Jefferson area southward into California, a stretch that includes the location of the Emigrant Fire. The agency said the area could experience wind gusts that could reach as high as 40 miles an hour.

Wind is an element that has not been a major factor so far on the fire, according to Miles Pollack, a fire behavior analyst with the incident management team overseeing efforts on the Emigrant Fire.

“That wind will increase behavior, both by pushing on

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