HOW YOU CAN HELP: Thousands under evacuation orders as Rowena Fire grows in Columbia Gorge As of Sunday, 56 homes and another 91 structures – like sheds, barns, and shops – have been destroyed.

Water-dropping aircraft are a key part of efforts to fight wildfires. And with the 2025 season especially fiery, these pilots ...

The Rowena Fire started in the Gorge on Wednesday afternoon. Within 24 hours, the fire had destroyed at least 20 homes.

The Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative, operator of the BottleDrop network, announced Wednesday that it is activating its ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — The Rowena Fire, burning in the Columbia River Gorge, held steady over the weekend while crews worked to contain the blaze. As of Monday afternoon, Highway 30 was closed ...

— The Rowena Fire is highlighting the struggles for survivors of wildfires. The Columbia River Gorge area fire has burned more than 3,500 acres, and destroyed 56 homes and 90+ structures.

Nearly two months since the Rowena Fire tore through Wasco County, destroying 56 homes and 91 other structures, local ...

The Rowena Fire bears troubling similarities to the Tunnel 5 Fire in 2023, just across the Columbia River Gorge in Skamania County, Washington. That blaze, which burned several hundred acres, was ...