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Cooler weather helped the 870 firefighting personnel assigned to the Burdoin Fire get a small foothold on the Columbia River ...

Firefighters continue to battle the fast-growing Burdoin Fire in the Columbia River Gorge. Officials say the blaze has burned more than ten-thousand acres in Washington's ...

As of Tuesday, the brush fire that ignited Friday afternoon is five percent contained, according to officials.

Governor Tina Kotek has called a special session to address an urgent funding shortfall that threatens basic transportation ...

Hundreds of firefighters are working from the air and ground to try and contain a nearly 11,000-acre wildfire burning near ...

The Burdoin Fire has scorched more than 10,000 acres near Bingen with no containment as of now. The fire has destroyed 14 ...

HOOD RIVER, Ore. (KATU) — The Burdoin Fire has burned 10,730 acres and remains uncontained, fire managers said on Monday ...

The Washington State Department of Transportation says Highway 14 is closed in both directions from milepost 66 near Bingen ...

Burdoin Fire has destroyed 14 homes, closed Highway 14 and put the community of Lyle on a level 3 "go now" evacuation order.

At least 850 personnel are fighting the Burdoin Fire and some national forest lands in the Columbia River Gorge are now ...

Firefighters had yet to contain the Burdoin Fire in the Columbia River Gorge Tuesday morning, but cooler weather and showers ...