For Immediate Release: August
3, 2019
Contact: Kelsey Brizendine, 208-732-7315
Twin Falls District BLM Fire Update
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Spud Fire
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Location: approximately 12 miles southwest
of Carey, near Craters of the Moon National Monument and
Preserve
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Size: 4,889 acres
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Containment: 8/3 at 6 p.m.
● Control: 8/5 at 8 p.m.
● Resources: seven TFD engines, one water tender, one dozer, one camp crew, three overhead, multiple
● Control: 8/5 at 8 p.m.
● Resources: seven TFD engines, one water tender, one dozer, one camp crew, three overhead, multiple
aircraft
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Fuel type: brush and grass
● Fire behavior: smoldering
● Fire behavior: smoldering
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Structures threatened: none
● Cause: lightning
● Cause: lightning
Peavey Fire-Final Update
● Location: approximately 14 miles north of Minidoka
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Size: 464 acres
● Containment:
8/2 at 4:30 p.m.
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Control: 8/4 at 6 p.m.
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Resources: two Sawtooth National Forest
engines
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Fuel type: grass and brush
● Fire behavior: smoldering
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Structures threatened: none
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Cause: lightning
For more information,
● Kelsey Brizendine, Fire Information and Prevention Officer, kbrizendine@blm.gov
● 208-308-5991
● Idaho Wildfires visit www.IdahoFireInfo.com
