Fire damages lodge at premier ski destination in Idaho

UPDATE: 3:30 P.M

The Ketchum Fire Department said 63 firefighters battled a fire at the Warm Springs Day Lodge at the base of Bald Mountain.

An alarm system alerted the fire department at approximately 11:20 p.m. Wednesday.

Ketchum Police say 30 foot flames when they arrived at the scene. Fire departments from Ketchum, Sun Valley, Wood River, Hailey, and Bellevue all helped.

The fire has been contained, although there are some hot spots and fire suppression efforts will continue.

There were no employees in the building and no injuries were reported.

Damage is described as “significant”, but the cause of the fire is still under investigation. Damage is expected to surpass over $1 million.

ORIGINAL STORY:
A fire has heavily damaged a lodge at the base of one of the nation’s premier ski destinations in central Idaho.

Sun Valley Resort’s Warm Springs Lodge in Ketchum at the base of the ski area on Bald Mountain remained an active fire Thursday morning with multiple firefighting agencies at the scene.

Sun Valley Resort spokeswoman Kelli Lusk says the fire started late Wednesday. She says there are no reported injuries and no damage estimate. Flames appeared on the roof of the building at one point.

Lusk says the ski area closed on Sunday and the lodge had closed for the season and wasn’t open to the public.