Cooler weather helped the 870 firefighting personnel assigned to the Burdoin Fire get a small foothold on the Columbia River Gorge wildfire but evacuation levels are expected to remain in place as Gor

The wildfire along the Columbia River Gorge started about 2:30 p.m. Friday and had burned nearly 11,000 acres as of Tuesday morning.

A new wildfire erupted on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge the afternoon of July 18, which has closed Highway 14.