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Update on Boundary County's Bakers Camp forest
fire
and other Idaho Panhandle fires |
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July 5, 2015 |
The Baker's Camp Fire, currently the largest
fire in the northern Idaho panhandle, continues
to burn as of yesterday afternoon, according to
information provided by the Idaho Panhandle
National Forest.
As of about noon yesterday on Saturday, July 4,
the fire near Baker's Camp had burned
approximately 50 acres. The fire is located on
steep terrain in the Smith Creek drainage area
at the northern end of Boundary County on the
west side, near the end of the Smith Creek Road.
The fire was started with lightning strikes
during the lightning storm that passed through
our area last Monday, June 29.
In the latest reports, fire officials say there
is currently 0% containment of this fire. There
are 58 firefighters assigned to the Baker's Camp
Fire, along with multiple aircraft including
several helicopters and the newest generation of
tanker retardant planes.
Six other fires have been burning in the area
west of Priest Lake, including the Blacktail
Fire, on which NewsBF reported yesterday. All of
these fires are also the result of last Monday's
lightning storm. The Blacktail Fire continues to
be an approximately six acre fire, and now has a
20% containment perimeter. According to the
latest report from about 6:00 p.m. on July 4, 32
firefighters and several helicopters have been
assigned to the Blacktail Fire.
Both the Baker's Camp Fire and the Blacktail
Fire are being managed by Rodney Weeks North
Idaho Type III Incident Management Team.
The five other fires currently burning west of
Priest Lake are being managed by the Fire Staff
of the Priest Lake Ranger District of the U.S.
Forest Service. These five fires range in size
from a few trees to a few acres.
For a map showing the location and other details
of all seven of these fires, including the
Baker's Camp Fire, please click here. This
map is provided by the U.S. Forest Service.
We will continue to provide updates on the
forest fire situation as it becomes available to
us.
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