For Immediate Release: July
16, 2018
Contact: Kelsey
Brizendine, 208-732-7315
Twin
Falls District BLM Fire Update
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Spud Butte Fire
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Location: five miles southeast of Carey
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Size: 4,093 acres
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Contain: 7/16/18 at 9 p.m.
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Control: 7/18/2018 at 8 p.m.
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Resources: Carey Rural Fire Department, five BLM engines, Carey
Rural Fire Department, two dozers, one water tender
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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
Brown Fire
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Location: 10 miles southwest of Hammett
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Size: 470 acres
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Contain: 7/16/2018 at 10 p.m.
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Control: 7/17/2018 at 6 p.m.
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Resources: Saylor Creek Rangeland Protection Association, one
dozer, two engines, one water tender
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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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Location: approximately 26 miles southwest of Castleford
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Size: approximately 1,000 acres
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Contain: estimated 7/17/2018 at 6 p.m.
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Control: estimated 7/18/2018 at 6 p.m.
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Resources: Three Creek Rangeland Fire Protection Association, four
engines, two BLM battalion chiefs, one dozer, 1 hotshot crew,
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Fuel type: grass and brush
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Fire behavior: smoldering, creeping and running
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Structures threatened: no
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Cause: lightning
East Sailor Fire
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Location: six miles south of Hammett
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Size: approximately 250 acres
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Contain: 7/16/18 at 10 p.m.
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Control: 7/18/18 at noon
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Resources: Saylor Creek Rangeland Fire Protection Association,
four engines, one BLM battalion chief
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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
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Location: 12 miles north of Richfield
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Size: approximately 55 acres
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Contain: 7/16/18 at 9 p.m.
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Control: 7/18/18 at 6 p.m.
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Resources: four engines, one BLM battalion chief
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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
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Location: six miles south of Hailey
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Size: approximately 4 acres
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Contain: 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, smokejumpers, 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: not at this time
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Cause: lightning
Berger Butte Fire
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Location: seven miles southeast of Castleford
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Size: approximately 1,000 acres
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Contain: 7/16/18 at 11 p.m.
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Control: 7/17/18 at 7 p.m.
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Resources: Salmon Tract Rangeland Fire Protection Association,
Shoshone Basin Rangeland Fire Protection Association, three engines, two BLM
battalion chiefs
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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
For More Information,
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Kelsey Brizendine, Fire Information and Prevention Officer,
kbrizendine@blm.gov
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208-308-5991
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