FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, July 17, 2017 1530
Contact: Kathleen Gorby E-mail: kgorby@fs.fed.us Number: (208) 497-7270
CADDY CANYON FIRE 1 AND CADDY CANYON FIRE 2 UPDATE
IDAHO FALLS, ID – BLM and Forest Service fire crews have been
working since late Saturday, July 15, to put out two fires just North of Inkom
in the Blackrock Canyon area. Since then, the two fires, Caddy Canyon Fire 1
and Caddy Canyon Fire 2 have been fully contained, and Caddy Canyon Fire 2 is
controlled. Evidence
suggested lightning caused the fire.
EIIFC dispatch first received the call around 7 p.m. of smoke in
the Sorelle Canyon area, just north of Inkom. They sent out four engines, one
dozer and one overhead to the scene. On arriving, the fire team found two fires
in the Blackrock Canyon area and named them Caddy Canyon Fire 1 and Caddy
Canyon Fire 2. They reported Caddy Canyon Fire 1 had burned 10 acres and
weren’t able to evaluate Caddy Canyon Fire 2, due to its location and steep
terrain.
By Sunday morning at Caddy Canyon Fire 1, eight engines, two
dozers and air attack on scene managed to keep the fire to 113 acres. At Caddy
Canyon Fire 2, smoke Jumpers, a helicopter and two hand crews on scene managed
to keep the fire to 25 acres. Caddy Canyon Fire 2 was contained by 3 p.m.,
Sunday and Caddy Canyon Fire 1 was contained 6:30 p.m., Sunday.
Monday afternoon, at 1 p.m., Caddy Canyon Fire 2 was reported
fully controlled and was mapped at 6 acres, 19 acres less the previously
reported.
Currently, Caddy Canyon Fire 1 has two engines, two dozers and
two hand crews. The fire currently does not have a project control time.
No roads were closed and no structures were threatened. The fire
remained on BLM land.
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@BLMIdahoFire on Twitter and search for #BLMIFDFire for posts specifically
related to eastern Idaho. One
less spark means one less Idaho wildfire.
