(Mosier, OR) -- Hundreds of people are fleeing their homes as a wildfire burns through the Columbia River Gorge. Level 3 evacuation orders were in place for over 825 homes as of 11 last night. Another 11-hundred homes were under Level orders, and 14-hundred are under Level 1 orders. Overall, more than three-thousand homes are under evacuation orders in the area. Officials say the blaze broke out yesterday near the Tom McCall Preserve and Mayer State Park and has since burned to the edge of the Dalles. At least 500 acres have been scorched. Officials closed I-84 in both directions between Mosier and The Dalles yesterday afternoon.