October 9, 2025 7:30 am
Landowner Megan Murphy walks past the remnants of her mobile home, left, which was destroyed in the Burdoin Fire. Two other structures on her property were treated and suffered only minor damage. DNR staff, local officials and others toured the Burdoin Fire area Sept. 24 to see how well treatment areas withstood the wildfire. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
Officials gather on Sept. 24 to tour two sites within the Burdoin Fire area to see how well treatment areas withstood the wildfire near White Salmon. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
Alison Martin of the state Department of Natural Resources, third from right, talks to the tour group near a building that was not seriously burned in the Burdoin Fire because it was part of the agency’s fire resilience program. A mobile home on the property and a neighbor’s home were destroyed in the fire. (Photos by Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
Charred trees are seen in the burn area from the Burdoin Fire near White Salmon in late September.
Tom Schoenfelder of the state Department of Natural Resources walks past the remnants of a mobile home that was destroyed in the Burdoin Fire near White Salmon. A nearby bunkhouse and outbuilding on the same property escaped the Burdoin Fire with only minor damage. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
The tour group stops long Courtney Road near White Salmon on Sept. 24. (Amanda Cowan/The Columbian)
Officials from the Washington Department of Natural Resources had the rare opportunity last week to see how well strategies to minimize wildfire damage held up to an actual fire.
Public Lands Commissioner Dave Upthegrove, DNR staff, local officials and others toured properties in a fire-damaged area near White Salmon.
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