Oregon wildfire prompts evacuations and closes interstate in Columbia River Gorge

Mongabay
Jun 13, 2025, 12:19 am195 ptsTrendingTop
THE DALLES, Ore. (AP) — A wildfire in Oregon prompted officials to issue evacuation orders for hundreds of homes and to close nearly 20 miles (32 kilometers) of an interstate in the Columbia River Gorge on Wednesday. Gov. Tina Kotek invoked the state’s Emergency Conflagration Act for the Rowena Fire,…

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