Oregon wildfire prompts evacuations and closes interstate in Columbia River Gorge

A wildfire in Oregon has prompted evacuation orders for hundreds of homes and the closure of nearly 20 miles of an interstate in the Columbia River Gorge. The state fire marshal says Gov. Tina Kotek has invoked the state’s emergency conflagration act. The Oregon Department of Transportation says Interstate 84 is closed between Hood River and The Dalles. According to the Wasco County Sheriff’s Office, over 700 homes are under the highest evacuation level. Residents of over 1,300 homes have been told to prepare to leave. Washington state's transportation department says a separate wildfire has closed 8 miles of State Route 14, which also runs along the Columbia River.