FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 27 August
2016
Contact:
Lynn Ballard (208) 313-7737
EASTERN IDAHO INTERAGENCY FIRE CENTER FIRE
UPDATE
IDAHO FALLS,
ID: Fairly short update tonight. This update covers
all fires except Henrys Creek and Tie Canyon Fires occurring in the dispatch
area.
For updated information
on these two fires as it becomes available you can go to: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov/state/13/
click on Henry’s Creek Fire or Tie Canyon Fire. In addition you can go to
Great Basin IMT 7 Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Great-Basin-IMT-7/222155447934166
or the Great Basin IMT 5 Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/GBIMT5/. Also, the Bonneville County
Sherriff’s Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/bonnevillecountysheriff/
or the Teton County, Idaho’s Facebook page at: https://www.facebook.com/tetoncountyidaho
The human-caused Moon
Fire was controlled at 24 acres on Friday, August 26, 2016 at 5:11 pm.
The 265-acre Toponce
Fire is now 95% contained. There is one engine assigned.
Several
small fires, including the Carrot (350-acres), Lanes Creek
(150-acres), Black (261-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/.
