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Wildfire in Western Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

Wildfire September 2, 2017 – September 30, 2017 · Western Columbia River Gorge, Oregon

What the National Weather Service wrote

Eagle Creek Fire started September 2nd and grew rapidly over the next few days. Ultimately the fire burned 48,831 acres of forest in the Columbia River Gorge. The fire caused I-84 to close for 19 days from September 4th through September 23rd, and the Historic Columbia River Highway will likely remain closed for months in this area.

The wider storm

After a very dry summer, a teen with fireworks started a wildfire on September 2nd in the Eagle Creek area of the Columbia River Gorge. East winds over the over the following days spread the fire westward rapidly and sent heavy smoke into the Portland and Vancouver metropolitan areas.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 722050. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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