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 Wasco County Sheriff’s Office ordered residents in more than 730 homes in the surrounding area to evacuate and closed a section of Interstate 84, which connects Portland to Idaho. Firefighters were conducting controlled burns to slow the fire’s spread into the night.

A wildfire near Rowena Crest in Oregon’s Columbia River Gorge has closed I-84 between Mosier and The Dalles. An evacuation order is in effect.