MOUNTAIN FIRE *PRESS RELEASE FROM SBD NATIONAL FOREST*
SCM ALERT🚨, Tue Aug 16 2011, 06:05PM
Mountain Fire
Start Date: August 16, 2011
Report Time: 1402
Forward rate of spread stopped: 1423
Location: State Route 38 / Mountain Home Village
Size: ¼ to ½ acre
Resources: 4 engines, 1 Crew, 1 Helicopter, 1 Water Tender
Total Personnel : 50
Cause: Under Investigation
Passing motorists reported a fire on the south side of State Highway 38 just after 2:00pm on Wednesday August 16, 2011 prompting a full wildland response from the United States Forest Service and local agencies.
Firefighters aggressively fought the fire, stopping it before it could spread into the adjacent Mountain Home Village neighborhood which surrounded the fire on three sides south of the highway. The swift action kept fire officials from closing the highway, or evacuating nearby residents.
Heaps Peak Helitack Helicopter 534 circled overhead and checked along the highway for additional spot fires as a precautionary tactic.
Fire Investigators have not released a cause of the fire.
Re: MOUNTAIN FIRE *PRESS RELEASE FROM SBD NATIONAL FOREST*
SCM ALERT🚨, Tue Aug 16 2011, 06:06PM
Photo:
(Looking east, US Forest Service Firefighters and the Mill Creek Hotshots improve the fire line and mop up hot spots within the fire interior. USFS City Creek Engine Company 38 is in the lower right, homes in the background - John Miller PIO USFS)
SCM ALERT🚨, Tue Aug 16 2011, 06:05PM
Mountain Fire
Start Date: August 16, 2011
Report Time: 1402
Forward rate of spread stopped: 1423
Location: State Route 38 / Mountain Home Village
Size: ¼ to ½ acre
Resources: 4 engines, 1 Crew, 1 Helicopter, 1 Water Tender
Total Personnel : 50
Cause: Under Investigation
Passing motorists reported a fire on the south side of State Highway 38 just after 2:00pm on Wednesday August 16, 2011 prompting a full wildland response from the United States Forest Service and local agencies.
Firefighters aggressively fought the fire, stopping it before it could spread into the adjacent Mountain Home Village neighborhood which surrounded the fire on three sides south of the highway. The swift action kept fire officials from closing the highway, or evacuating nearby residents.
Heaps Peak Helitack Helicopter 534 circled overhead and checked along the highway for additional spot fires as a precautionary tactic.
Fire Investigators have not released a cause of the fire.
Re: MOUNTAIN FIRE *PRESS RELEASE FROM SBD NATIONAL FOREST*
SCM ALERT🚨, Tue Aug 16 2011, 06:06PM
Photo:
(Looking east, US Forest Service Firefighters and the Mill Creek Hotshots improve the fire line and mop up hot spots within the fire interior. USFS City Creek Engine Company 38 is in the lower right, homes in the background - John Miller PIO USFS)
