For Immediate Release:
July 18, 2018
Contact: Kelsey Brizendine, 208-732-7315
Twin Falls
District BLM Fire Update
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Berger Butte Fire
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Location: seven miles southeast of Castleford
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Size: 3,212 acres
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Contained: 7/18/18
at 8:40 p.m.
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Control: 7/19/18
at 6 p.m.
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Resources: Castleford RFD, Salmon Tract RFD, Shoshone Basin RFPA,
Gooding RFD
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 20,000 acres
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Contain:
unknown
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Control:
unknown
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Resources:
Saylor Creek RFPA, seven engines, two dozers ,two water tenders, 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 17,000 acres
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Contain:
unknown
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Control:
unknown
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Fuel
type: grass and brush
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Fire
behavior: smoldering and running
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Structures
threatened: one secondary structure lost
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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
