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A wildfire burning on the Washington side of the Columbia River Gorge has prompted evacuations in Klickitat County.
The Burdoin fire started at about 2 p.m. Friday near Courtney Road and Highway 14 milepost 68, according to county officials. Highway 14 is closed from the east side of Bingen to Lyle.
Saturday morning, the Northwest Interagency Coordination Center said the fire covered 1,900 acres and is 0% contained. Three residences have been destroyed, five are damaged and 20 are threatened by the fire, according to the agency.
The Level 3 (go now) evacuations have been ordered from a little east of Bingen Harbor to the east end of Chamberlain Lake.
The Red Cross is operating an emergency shelter at Columbia High School’s C Court Building on Northwest Simmons Road in White Salmon.
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