I-5 reopens at Oregon-California border amid deadly wildfire

UPDATE at 7:15 p.m. Thursday: Interstate 5 going southbound remains closed Thursday night at Ashland with no estimation on when it will reopen. The Oregon Department of Transportation suggests motorists traveling toward California consider using Oregon 58 or 140 to U.S. 97. They encourage traffic to exit I-5 before Ashland exit 14.

#Klamathon fire burning both sides of I-5 south of Hilt interchange. No ETA on when I-5 will reopen. I-5 closed SB at #Ashland. NB at #Yreka. pic.twitter.com/xSb1gG6vNc — Oregon DOT (@OregonDOT) July 6, 2018

Oregon 273 is closed at Oregon 66, and travel across Oregon 66 is not advised for commercial motor vehicles.

Authorities have closed southbound Interstate 5 at Ashland because of a wildfire in northern California.

The Oregon Department of Transportation says the fire has prompted evacuations in Hornbrook, which is several miles south of the Oregon-California border. KDRV reports hundreds of homes are being evacuated because of the blaze, which is dubbed the Klamathon fire.

Northbound traffic on Interstate 5 is being stopped at an exit in north Yreka, California, the transportation agency said about 4:20 p.m. Thursday.

-- Jim Ryan