FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 25 August
2016
Contact:
Lynn Ballard (208)
313-7737
EASTERN IDAHO INTERAGENCY FIRE CENTER FIRE
UPDATE
IDAHO FALLS,
ID: After a fairly quiet day for new starts Eastern Idaho
Interagency Fire Center responded to two smoke reports this evening. This
update covers all fires (except Henrys Creek) occurring in the dispatch area.
The human-caused Moon
Fire is located approximately 3 miles north of the Craters of the Moon
National Monument Information Center. Currently estimated at 15-acres,
there are four engines, 2 dozers and a water tender assigned.
Resources have also
responded to a smoke report, five miles south of Irwin, ID (Bear Creek
area). No information regarding this report is currently available.
The Tie Canyon Fire
is estimated to be approximately 1,242-acres. Approximately 55 fire
fighters are currently assigned. A Type II Incident Management Team will
start managing the fire tomorrow morning, Friday, August 26, 2016. Road
and trail closures are in effect.
The Clifton Fire
located two miles south of Clifton, ID was contained at 12:30 PM
yesterday. Current estimate is 2,413-acres. There are three federal
engines and three Franklin County engines assigned to this fire. Control
efforts are going well.
No changes to the
265-acre Toponce Fire were reported today. Containment is now 90%.
Several small fires, including the Carrot (350-acres), Lanes Creek (150-acres), Black (300-acres) and Big Elk Fire (55-acres) continue to burn on the Caribou-Targhee National Forest (CTNF). An inciweb page was created for the Carrot Fire as closures are in place for the area. More information is available at: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/4973/.
