{"id":3103,"date":"2020-09-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-on-wildfires-people-lost-everything-everything\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:06:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:06:20","slug":"merkley-on-wildfires-people-lost-everything-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-on-wildfires-people-lost-everything-everything\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley on wildfires: \u2018People lost everything. Everything\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) &mdash; As wildfires continue to rage throughout Oregon, Senator Jeff Merkley said the federal designation of the state as a major disaster will help in a variety of ways, including money, and he&rsquo;s working to get more National Guard firefighters on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>In a Zoom interview with KOIN 6 News, Merkley provided a first-hand account of what he saw when he drove last weekend between Portland and Medford.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It reminded me of the cities that were firebombed in World War 2,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;People lost everything. Everything.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Merkley urged people directly affected by the fires to call 1.800.621.3362. &ldquo;That&rsquo;s what opens the door for people have been impacted,&rdquo; he said.<\/p>\n<p>He also talked the&nbsp;<span><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.koin.com\/news\/oregon\/oregon-has-plan-for-voters-displaced-by-wildfires\/\" target=\"_blank\">vote-by-mail issues<\/a><\/span>&nbsp;that have bubbled to the surface this election season and the latest on the coronavirus relief package that is stalled in Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.koin.com\/news\/oregon\/merkley-on-wildfires-people-lost-everything-everything\/\">video<\/a> for the complete interview.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PORTLAND, Ore. 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