#Latest news with #statefiremarshalWashington Post2 days agoClimateWashington PostOregon wildfire prompts evacuations and closes interstate in Columbia River GorgeTHE DALLES, Ore. — 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, allowing the state fire marshal agency to mobilize resources, it said in a statement.
Washington Post2 days agoClimateWashington PostOregon wildfire prompts evacuations and closes interstate in Columbia River GorgeTHE DALLES, Ore. — 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, allowing the state fire marshal agency to mobilize resources, it said in a statement.
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