November 4, 2022 3:50 a.m.

PacifiCorp has settled with two families that were victims of the 2020 Archie Creek Fire, east of Glide.

A release from Jeff Mornarich of Dole Coalwell Attorneys in Roseburg said the families intend to file a Stipulated Judgement of Dismissal with the Douglas County Circuit Court, settling the claims that were scheduled for a jury trial in front of Judge Kathleen Johnson on November 15th. Mornarich said the terms of the settlement are confidential.

The two families alleged that Pacific Power was grossly negligent in causing the fire, which burned over 130,000 acres in Douglas County, and destroyed their properties.

Mornarich said other cases are pending against PacifiCorp for damages caused by the fire, but those cases do not have trial dates scheduled at this time.

Mornarich said Dole Coalwell is working with law firms Watts Guerra in San Antonio, Texas and Baker Hostetler, in San Francisco, California on these cases. Together they represent approximately 480 victims of the Archie Creek Fire and a number of timber companies that also suffered losses from the 2020 fire. Over 100 homes were burned in the fire, though no one died.