Gallery: Santiam Fire aftermath in Gates
A firefighter prepares to water grass as fire rages on the opposite side of the Albany and Easter rail line between Mill City and Gates.
Gates Fire Department withstood the fire.
Front steps of a structure at the across from the intersection of Oak Street and E. Sorbin Street in Gates.
A refrigerator and other items at a structure on E. Sorbin Street in Gates.
Access on Lyons-Mill City road was cut down to one lane while firefighters battle a fire on both sides of the roads.
The remains fo the Canyon Grill in Gates.
The Gates City Hall survived the fire.
Flames still burn at a home on the corner of Santiam Street and E. Sobrin Street in Gates.
Trailers that were supplying firefighters fighting the Beachie Fire were destroyed when fire overran the firecamp at the old Gates School.
The remains of the Gates School.
The Gates Community Church of Christ, which is across the road from the school, survived the fire.
The remains of two homes on Oak Street in Gates.
Flames still burn at a home on the corner of Santiam Street and E. Sobrin Street in Gates.
The remains of a structure on E. Sorbin Street in Gates.
A firefighter from Boardman hoses a yard 3 miles east of Lyons as fire burns on the opposite side of the Albany & Eastern Railroad Tracks.
Three chairs and a brick chimney are all that remain at the Gates Post Office.
A firefighter from Boardman hoses a yard three miles east of Lyons as fire burns on the opposite side of the Albany and Eastern Railroad Tracks.
Robert Pylant locates his charred but otherwise intact fireproof safe in the rubble of his mobile home Wednesday morning in Gates.
One of the old Beachie fire camp's tents is wrapped around powerlines outside the gutted Gates School.
The original Gates Schoolhouse still stands.
A trailer and vehicle gutted by fire on Highway 22 and Louisa Street in Gates.
A gutted building behind the park next to Gates City Hall.
A flag blows in the breeze at the Gates Fire Hall.
Flames still burn in rubble of structures in Mill City.
The remains of a home on Lyons Mill City Drive.
Dixie Chaney talks on the phone after arriving back at her home she just remodeled outside of Lyons to find out it was intact. Unfortunately five of her neighbors homes were destroyed in the Santiam fire.
The remains of the former Gates School, which was recently used by Upward Bound.
Mailboxes remain, but the wood posts were destroyed in the fire.
Remains of multiple structures on E. Sorbin Street in Gates.
Remains of multiple structures on E. Sorbin Street in Gates.
Mailboxes on E. Sorbin Street across from the Gates City Hall.
One of the few homes remaining on W. Central Street in Gates.
Flames still burn at a home on the corner of Santiam Street and E. Sobrin Street in Gates.
The remains of a home on W. Central Street in Gates.
Most of the street sign at the corner of Horeb Street and W. Central Street.
The aftermath around Lyons and Gates from the Santiam Fire.
A home on E. Sorbin Street in Gates.
All the homes in Oak Park trailer Park in Gates were destroyed.
Remains of a trailer in Oak Park Trailer Park in Gates.
Remains of a trailer in Oak Park Trailer Park in Gates.
Trailers that were supplying firefighters fighting the Beachie Fire were destroyed when fire overran the firecamp at the old Gates School.
The remains of a home on Lyons Mill City Drive.
The aftermath around Lyons and Gates from the Santiam Fire.
Metal of a shop near the intersection of E. Sorbin Street and Horeb Street in Gates.
A swing set remains in front of a gutted car on E. Sorbin Street in Gates.
The remains of a gutted service station in Gates.
The remains near Canyon Grill in Gates.
Chimney and a debris of a house along E. Sorbin Street in Mill City.
One of the few structures remaining on Highway 22 in Gates is the Sierra Market.
The Oak Park Motel was destroyed by the in Gates was destroyed by the fire.
One of two helicopters that made it through the fire at Davis Airport in Gates.
Fire burns along Kingwood Avenue between Mill City and Gates.
The Gingerbread House restaurant till stands in Mehama.
Aftermath in the area of a small wood mill on Lyons Mill City Drive.
A home on Kingwood Avenue between Mill City and Gates.
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On Tuesday night, Canyon residents from both the Linn and Marion County sides gathered at the Santiam High School football field for a town hall, directing those looming thoughts of loose ends to their Oregon State Rep. Sherrie Sprenger.
