Lyle Springs Fire started by unattended campfire
UPDATE 10/2/18: U.S. Forest Service officials report the Lyle Springs Fire was started on Sept. 18 due to an unattended campfire.
It was less than one mile south of Harriman State Park and less than one mile west of Pinehaven subdivision when the firefighters got it corralled.
The fire was pushed by the wind that fanned the flames into the tops of the trees and under the trees through the grass.
Lyle Springs Fire was on relatively flat ground and in 30+-year-old lodgepole pine regenerated from past logging operations.
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UPDATE 9/20/18 6:00 p.m. The Bureau of Land Management reports the Lyle Springs Fire, one mile south of Harriman State Park, has held at 70 acres and is anticipated to be 100 percent contained as of 8 p.m. Thursday.
Firefighters will continue working the fire until it is fully controlled and all remaining heat is mopped up.
The Lyle Springs Fire was human-caused, and fire managers want to remind the public that a wildfire can easily start in the hot, dry conditions we are experiencing this September.
Please be responsible public land stewards as you recreate and hunt this fall.
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UPDATE: 9/20/18 8:20 a.m. The eastern Idaho Interagency Fire Center reports the Lyle Springs fire about a mile south of Harriman State Park on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest is now 80 percent contained.
The fire was estimated at 70 acres Wednesday night and was smoldering and creeping in grass and timber. No structures are threatened and there are no closures. However, people are being asked to stay off road 767, which is being used by firefighters.
There are 8 engines, a helicopter with a bucket, and two hand crews assigned to the fire.
The cause of the fire, which started around 3 p.m. Tuesday, is still under investigation.
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UPDATE 9/19/18: The Bureau of Land Management reports the Lyle Springs Fire has grown to 70 acres.
Officials say the fire is smoldering and creeping.
It is 10 percent contained. No structures are threatened, and there are no evacuations.
There are also no closures at this time, but officials are asking you stay off Road 767.
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UPDATE: The Bureau of Land Management reports the Lyle Springs Fire has grown to 50 acres.
The cause is still under investigation.
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The Caribou-Targhee National Forest is sending two engines, a helicopter and hand crew to a wildfire in Island Park.
The Lyle Springs Fire is located one mile south of Harriman State Park.
It started around 3:00 p.m. Tuesday. It is burning timber and grass and is estimated at 10 acres.
There is no estimated containment at this time.
There are no evacuations and no closures at this time.
The cause is under investigation.
