Burdoin Fire

Burdoin Fire
Part of the 2025 Oregon wildfires and 2025 Washington wildfires
Land after the fire, September 2025
Date
  • July 18, 2025 (2025-07-18) – Present
LocationWhite Salmon, Washington & Lyle, Washington
Coordinates45°42′50″N 121°25′50″W / 45.71389°N 121.43056°W / 45.71389; -121.43056
Statistics
Burned area10,675 acres (4,320 ha)
Impacts
Structures destroyed100+
Cost$25 million
Ignition
CauseUndetermined
Map
Burdoin Fire is located in Oregon
Burdoin Fire
Location in northern Oregon

The Burdoin Fire is a wildfire burning near White Salmon, Washington and Lyle, Washington along the Washington-Oregon border that began on July 18, 2025. As of August 9, the fire had so far burned 10,675 acres (4,320 ha) and was 94% contained.

Events

July

The Burdoin Fire was first reported on July 18, 2025, at around 2:29 pm PST.

On July 20, a fighterfighter was hospitalized while battling the fire. 14 homes have also been destroyed due to the fire.

Cause

The most likely cause of the fire was determined to be a faulty exhaust system on an unidentified large motor vehicle which caused a backfire. The backfire resulted in the ejection of "white hot" particles of metal, a few of which ignited dry grass on the roadside.

Impact

14 primary structures have been destroyed and at least 80 minor structures were either damaged or destroyed due to the fire.

Closures and evacuations

On July 19 evacuation orders were issued for the town of Lyle, Washington.

Washington State Route 14 was closed in both directions from milepost 66 to milepost 75.8. State Route 142 was also closed from State Route 14 to milepost 4.

Outflow of the Klickitat River after the fire
Aerial view of the land
Aerial view of the land

See also

References

  1. ↑ Global Catastrophe Recap - First Quarter (Q1) of 2026 (PDF), Aon plc, 2026
  2. 1 2 "Burdoin Fire Information - InciWeb the Incident Information System". inciweb.wildfire.gov. July 20, 2025. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
  3. ↑ "BURDOIN - Wildfire and Smoke Map". data.redding.com. September 22, 2025. Retrieved September 22, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Murphy, Anne; Armstrong, Mikhala (July 18, 2025). "Burdoin Fire in Klickitat Co. closes SR-14, 'Go Now' evacuation orders expand to Lyle". KPTV. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Burdoin fire burns 14 homes in Klickitat County; evacuations ongoing". kgw.com. July 20, 2025. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
  6. 1 2 "Highway 14 still closed in the Gorge as Burdoin Fire spreads to 10,000 acres". The Columbian. July 22, 2025. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
  7. ↑ State of Washington Department of Natural Resources "Wildland Fire Investigation Investigation Report #25-E-LAL/WA-SES--447", approved November 7, 2025
  8. ↑ Sumrall, Frank (July 22, 2025). "Burdoin Fire burns 11,000 acres in Columbia River Gorge". MyNorthwest.com. Retrieved July 22, 2025.
  9. 1 2 "Level 3 evacuations issued for town of Lyle as Burdoin Fire burns on both sides of Highway 14". kgw.com. July 19, 2025. Retrieved July 20, 2025.
  10. ↑ Nuttle, Matthew (July 18, 2025). "Evacuation order issued in Klickitat County due to fast-growing wildfire". KATU. Retrieved July 20, 2025.