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“We’ll likely have a delayed start to fire…
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Continue ReadingIf you saw smoke Thursday morning near Tautphaus Park in Idaho Falls, that’s because a chimney caught fire inside a…
Continue ReadingThe recent fire burning an auxiliary building at the Ririe Fire Station, reminds us of a similar situation that happened nearly two years ago at the…
Continue Readingason is suspected to be the reason December ranks the top month for house fires in the United States, according to the National Fire Protection…
Continue ReadingThe Central Fire district in Rigby says a fire caused damage to a home near 44-hundred east and 318…
Continue ReadingAs Fire Prevention Week kicks off, the Caribou-Targhee National Forest is wanting to remind campers and hunters who may be in the forest to ‘Leave No…
Continue ReadingUPDATE ON STRUCTURE FIRE ON HALSEY ST. IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI)-Just before 10 p.m. last night, July 29, the Idaho Falls Fire Department was…
Continue ReadingThe Hayden Fire has burned an estimated 7076 acres in the Salmon-Challis National Forest.…
Continue ReadingThe Hayden Fire burning in the Salmon-Challis National Forest has burned an estimated 1,500 acres, according to fire officials.…
Continue ReadingThe Hayden Fire was detected Wednesday and is located 33 miles south of Salmon and 20 miles northeast of Leadore in the upper reaches of Hayden…
Continue ReadingSaturday, a procession took place for Gerardo Rincon, a fallen firefighter who died battling the moose fire. Gerardo succumbed to a medical…
Continue ReadingThe owl fire, 20 miles west of north fork on the ranger district is burning 3-hundred and 50 acres. While the horse fire northwest of corn creek on…
Continue ReadingCooler temperatures and light winds gave firefighters some much-needed aid on the moose fire on Friday. As of, Saturday the fire is now 37 percent…
Continue ReadingDespite a Red Flag Warning from 3-9 p.m. Saturday, crews on the Moose fire reported that the fire spread was light and fire behavior was moderate.…
Continue ReadingRed flag warning making conditions active at the Moose Fire. Crews still working to put out the…
Continue ReadingAn Idaho Falls property catches on fire started by a car and creates over $300,000 in…
Continue ReadingIn an already difficult fire season, members of the Bonneville County fire district are now helping out at the moose fire.
But that’s not unusual…
The human caused Moose Fire burning west and south of North Fork has burned 78,729 acres and is 34%…
Continue ReadingSeveral days of favorable weather gave firefighters an opportunity to gain containment on the fire and made it possible for firefighters to go direct…
Continue ReadingAs the temperatures have risen over the past couple of weeks, so has the fire danger, with all of Idaho currently under a High or Very High fire…
Continue ReadingU.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement and Investigations has determined the Moose Fire to be human…
Continue ReadingThe Moose Fire, near Salmon, has burned more than 38-thousand acres and is 15 percent…
Continue ReadingThe Eastern Idaho Interagency Fire Center fire managers have elevated the fire danger rating to high for the surrounding mountains and very high for…
Continue ReadingThe Woodtick Fire burning the Frank Church River of No Return Wilderness is now forcing those near it to…
Continue ReadingFire crews were able to fully contain the East Gap Fire Sunday evening.…
Continue ReadingLEMHI COUNTY, Idaho (KIFI)- Residents at Camas Creek are in GO status, which means immediate evacuation is necessary. Residents at Castle Creek and…
Continue ReadingThe Lemhi County Sheriff’s office has moved the evacuation status from North Fork to Tower Creek back to “set” status.…
Continue ReadingA blanket of smoke rests over Salmon and the area surrounding it as the Moose fire continues to grow.
According to the US Forest Service, crews have…
Evacuation orders are still in place Tuesday for a number of people who live north of Salmon. …
Continue ReadingAs the temperatures warm up and everything gets drier, there is a danger that keeps growing all around…
Continue ReadingContainment is estimated for 11 p.m. Saturday night and is suspected to be…
Continue ReadingThe fire is smoldering in dead and downed logs below Indian Point in Gant Creek and on the hillside above the Big Deer Creek / Panther Creek…
Continue ReadingThe lightning caused Mud Lick Fire has burned 20,643 acres and is 47%…
Continue ReadingIn total, 427 personnel, 5 crews, 6 engines, 11 water tenders, 5 helicopters, 3 heavy equipment task forces, 4 dozers and 3
masticators are…
On Saturday, crews announced that both the Haynes and Iron Fires are 95% contained, and have burned 472 and 133 acres…
Continue ReadingThe drought much of the Northwest is experiencing is affecting East Idahoans breathing in more ways than one.…
Continue ReadingIn total, 760 men and women are fighting the fires, which includes 19 crews, 23 engines, eight water tenders, six helicopters, two heavy equipment…
Continue ReadingThe Lusk fire is estimated at 1620 acres Thursday morning. …
Continue ReadingJackson Hole Fire/EMS would like to remind the public to check outdoor sources of heat for potential issues after a faulty electrical wire is ruled…
Continue ReadingWith wildfires burning all over idaho and the rest of the west, the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise wants to remind people that drones…
Continue ReadingThe Salmon-Challis National Forest has detected six fires since the last…
Continue ReadingThe next phase of the Teton to Snake Fuels Reduction Project on the Jackson Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest is set to begin…
Continue ReadingEvacuations are now being ordered in the Mudlick fire burning in the Salmon-Challis National Forest.…
Continue ReadingCrews working the Mud Lick Fire assisted the Haynes Fire by sharing aircraft. Multiple Type I and Type II helicopters dropped water on the fire. …
Continue ReadingThe lightning-caused blaze had “significant fire behavior and growth” on the eastern side Saturday, in the South Fork Big Deer Creek drainage,…
Continue ReadingThe fire is burning in the Shale Creek Drainage between Indian Creek and Commissary…
Continue ReadingThe Salmon-Challis National Forest has issued road closures within the fire area to protect public health and safety due to extreme fire behavior…
Continue ReadingSergeant Teresa White and Deputy Jason White, and their two kids lost everything when a fire started in their home Tuesday evening near…
Continue ReadingYour participation in preventing human-caused wildfires is critical during the current extreme fire conditions which are in some cases exceeding…
Continue ReadingThe lightning caused Mud Lick Fire that started on July 8 has burned 7,904 acres and is 0%…
Continue ReadingStage one fire restrictions issued by the Bureau of Land Management will go into effect for all of Eastern Idaho tonight at…
Continue ReadingAs areas of Idaho move to Stage 2 fire restrictions and as Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) implemented open fire bans due to poor air…
Continue ReadingIdaho Senator Jim Risch along with other Republican Senators are putting pressure on President…
Continue ReadingIdaho Congressman Mike Simpson announced Wednesday he has secured nearly $24 million for Idaho…
Continue ReadingThe lightning caused Mud Lick Fire that started on July 8 has burned 6,641 acres and is 0% contained, and effective Thursday, the forest implemented…
Continue ReadingThe Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Idaho Falls District, Idaho Department of Lands, Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the…
Continue ReadingA fire disaster emergency proclamation issued on July 9 by Idaho Governor Brad Little will allow trucks carrying jet fuel and other fire equipment…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Forest Service-Sawtooth National Forest reports a fire has started 4 miles east of Pomerelle on the Minidoka Ranger District.…
Continue ReadingThe lightning caused Goose Fire that started July 1 has burned 3,326…
Continue ReadingThe lightning caused Mud Lick Fire that started on July 8 has burned 6,163 acres and is 0%…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10, in coordination with the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation, has issued a…
Continue ReadingDue to low fuel moisture, low relative humidity and being in drought conditions, effective Tuesday, the Madison Fire Department, in conjunction with…
Continue ReadingGovernor Brad Little will host a press conference regarding wildfires in Idaho at 1 p.m.…
Continue ReadingThe lightning caused Mud Lick Fire that started on July 8 has burned 5,263 acres and is 0%…
Continue ReadingDue to weather and fuel conditions, the Central Idaho Dispatch Zone has moved to extreme fire danger.…
Continue ReadingUPDATE 3:05 p.m. The Salmon‐Challis National Forest has implemented a Mud Lick Fire Emergency Trail Closure, Order Number:…
Continue ReadingStrong winds are helping grow a wildfire west of West Yellowstone, near Hoodoo Pass. …
Continue ReadingThe Idaho Falls Fire Department, Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office and Bureau of Land Management – Idaho Falls District wants to remind you the…
Continue ReadingIDAHO FALLS, IDAHO (KIFI)- The Mud Lick fire is approximately two miles northwest of Blackbird Mine and nearing 2,500 acres. The lightning-caused…
Continue ReadingThe Fort Hall Fire Department reports a fire is burning in the Ross Fork area.…
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