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 ...

by KATU Staff Fri, August 1st 2025 at 8:24 PM Cleanup and recovery efforts continue in the Columbia River Gorge after the Rowena Fire destroyed homes and buildings - KATU photo TOPICS: ...

LYLE, Wash. — Hundreds of firefighters are working from the air and ground to try and contain a nearly 11,000-acre wildfire burning near Lyle, Washington in the Columbia River Gorge as ...

The Burdoin Fire burning in the Columbia River Gorge between Bingen and Lyle topped 11,000 acres Wednesday but is now 13 percent contained. As of this morning, 846 firefighting personnel are ...

Firefighters had yet to contain the Burdoin Fire in the Columbia River Gorge on Tuesday morning, but cooler weather and showers slowed its spread Monday. Warmer weather and wind expected this week ...

Wildfires Severe evacuation orders lifted for Burdoin fire in the Columbia River Gorge Published: Jul. 27, 2025, 9:43 a.m.

Rowena Fire damage in Wasco County, Oregon. June 12, 2025 (KOIN). “We are in an area that does not have many rentals, and so to lose 56 additional homes is pretty devastating,” Naramore said.

Tactical ignition operations around a spot fire on the Burdoin Fire on July 20, 2025. Clark County Strike Team The Burdoin Fire burning along the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge grew ...

On Saturday afternoon, Katie and David Curran stood in the still-fresh Rowena burn scar. Gazing out across the Columbia River, they watched their home in Lyle, Wash., reduced to nothing more than ...

KLICKITAT COUNTY Wash. (KPTV) - Highway 14 has been fully reopened, as the Burdoin Fire burning near Bingen in the Columbia River Gorge is now 69% contained, according to fire officials.