Warm and dry conditions have prompted officials to ban open fires, including wood stoves and charcoal briquette fires, on public lands across much of Central Oregon ahead of the Memorial Day holiday weekend.“We are increasingly concerned that 2026 could rival the most extreme years on record for heat and dryness in the Pacific Northwest,” said Jeff Fedrizzi, U.S. Wildland Fire Service assistant chief of operations, for the Pacific Northwest.Visi…