TERREBONNE, OR -- A wildfire burning north of Terrebonne closed Highway 97 Wednesday afternoon. The Juniper Fire was first reported after 3:30 p.m. near Juniper Butte.  It grew quickly to 100 acres in the first couple of hours. 

Resources are working the fire from the ground and air. 

Oregon's Department of Transportation shut down the highway and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office ordered Level 3 "GO NOW" evacuations for homes west of the highway, between Park Lane and Monroe Lane. Click HERE for a real-time map of the evacuation zone, and those elsewhere in the state. 

7 p.m. UPDATE: New estimates put the Juniper Fire at 700 acres.