For Immediate Release:
July 17, 2018
Contact: Kelsey Brizendine, 208-732-7315
Twin Falls
District BLM Fire Update
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Spud Butte Fire-
Final Update
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Location: five miles southeast of Carey
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Size: 4,093 acres
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Contained: 7/16/2018 at 9 p.m.
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Control: 7/18/2018 at 8 p.m.
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Resources:
two engines, Carey Rural Fire Department
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Fuel type: grass and brush
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Fire behavior: smoldering
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Structures threatened: no
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Cause: lightning
East Fork Fire
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East
Fork Fire was consumed by the Winter Camp Fire. See Winter Camp Fire for
further information.
East Sailor Fire-Final
Update
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Location: six miles south of Hammett
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Size: estimated
250 acres
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Contained: 7/17/18 at 12:15
p.m.
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Control: 7/18/18 at noon
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Resources: one
engine
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Fuel type: grass and brush
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Fire behavior: smoldering
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Structures threatened: no
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Cause: lightning
Mud-Final
Update
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Location: 12 miles north of Richfield
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Size: estimated
55 acres
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Contained: 7/17/18 at
noon
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Controlled: 7/17/18 at 6
p.m.
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Resources: all
resources have been released
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Fuel type: grass and brush
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Fire behavior: smoldering
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Structures threatened: no
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Cause: lightning
Elephant Fire-Final
Update
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Location: six miles south of
Hailey
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Size: 4 acres
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Contained: 7/17/18 at 8 p.m.
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Control: 7/19/18 at 8 p.m.
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Resources: one Sawtooth National Forest engine, one BLM engine, one type two IA crew
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Fuel type: grass, brush, timber
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Fire behavior: smoldering
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Structures threatened: no
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Cause: lightning
Berger Butte Fire
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Location: seven miles southeast of Castleford
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Size: estimated
3,000 acres
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Contain: unknown
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Control: unknown
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Resources: Salmon Tract Rangeland Fire Protection Association,
Shoshone Basin Rangeland
Fire
Protection Association, Gooding Rural Fire Department water tender, five
engines, one hotshot crew,
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Fuel type: grass and brush
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Fire behavior: smoldering and running
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Structures threatened: no
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Cause: lightning
Winter Camp Fire
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Location:
approximately 26 miles southwest of Castleford
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Size:
estimated 22,000 acres
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Contain:
unknown
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Control:
unknown
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Resources:
two dozers, one hotshot crew, two water tenders, Saylor Creek RFPA, Three Creek
RFPA, one BLM camp crew
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Fuel
type: grass and brush
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Fire
behavior: smoldering and running
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Structures
threatened: no
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Cause:
lightning
Dog Creek Fire
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Location:
eight miles north of Gooding
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Size:
estimated 8,000 acres
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Contain:
unknown
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Control:
unknown
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Resources:
Shoshone RFD, Hagerman RFD, Bliss RFD, one dozer, nine engines, three hand crew,
eight overhead
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Fuel
type: grass and brush
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Fire
behavior: running
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Structures
threatened: yes
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Cause:
lightning
For More Information,
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Kelsey Brizendine, Fire Information and Prevention Officer,
kbrizendine@blm.gov
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208-308-5991
