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Water-dropping aircraft are a key part of efforts to fight wildfires. And with the 2025 season especially fiery, these pilots ...
The Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative, operator of the BottleDrop network, announced Wednesday that it is activating its ...
This is the second serious fire to impact this part of the Columbia Gorge this summer after the Rowena fire destroyed 56 homes in June.
The latest: The Burdoin fire, burning on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge east of Hood River, started Friday and had burned more than 10,000 acres as of Monday.
Nearly two months since the Rowena Fire tore through Wasco County, destroying 56 homes and 91 other structures, local ...
Officials are dropping closure orders for most recreation sites, and the area near the fire is at its lowest evacuation area.
It’s been two months since the Rowena Fire tore through 3,000 acres, destroying dozens of homes in The Dalles. Now the area is working to clean up the debris that was left by the disaster.
Firefighters had yet to contain the Burdoin Fire in the Columbia River Gorge Tuesday morning, but cooler weather and showers slowed its spread Monday.
The Burdoin Fire burning along the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge grew overnight to nearly 11,000 acres — enlisting 850 personnel to fight the flames.
The Burdoin Fire, which erupted in the Columbia Gorge on Friday, has exploded to over 6,500 acres as of late Saturday night, prompting new evacuations Sunday afternoon.