Wildfires burning across Idaho
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Associated Press - July 9, 2007 6:54 PM ET
BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Fire crews are working to put out wildfires across the state.
The Warm Springs fire in the Payette National Forest has grown to 28,000 acres, officials with the National Interagency Coordination Center reported today. That’s 13,000 acres more than yesterday. There are 92 firefighters working on the blaze, and fire managers hope to have it completely contained by Thursday.
In the Sawtooth National Forest, the Black Pine Two fire is burning on nearly 45,000 acres of grass and brush about eleven miles southeast of Malta. Fire officials say that blaze is threatening some structures in the area, and it was spreading rapidly this morning.
Firefighters have the 45,000 acre Red Bridge grass fire on Bureau of Land Management property near Shoshone nearly contained. Containing that fire has cost an estimated $300,000 so far.