Salmon-Challis National Forest reports 2 new fires
SALMON, Idaho (KIFI) - The Salmon-Challis National Forest has detected two new fires since the last summary.
Ninemile Fire (August 7): the lightning fire, located approximately 18 miles southwest of Challis on the Challis-Yankee Fork Ranger District, was estimated at 1/10 of an acre. The fire, burning in spruce and fir was called out on August 8.
Gorley Fire (August 6): the lightning fire, located approximately five miles southwest of Salmon on the Salmon-Cobalt Ranger District, was estimated at 1/10 of an acre. The fire, burning in a single tree was called out on August 7.
Hayden Fire (July 19): located approximately 18 miles west of Leadore on the Leadore Ranger District. The fire is being updated separately and information can be found at https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident-information/idscf-hayden-fire.
To date, there have been nine wildfires detected on the Salmon-Challis National Forest. Eight of these fires have been declared out.
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Nationally, there are 35 uncontained large fires being managed under a full suppression strategy and 61 large fires managed under a strategy other than full suppression.
