Firth residents asked to evacuate as precaution due to Lavaside Fire. Rural home catches fire.
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The Bingham County Sheriff’s Office has asked the entire community of Firth to evacuate as a precautionary measure due to the proximity of the Lavaside Fire.
Sheriff Craig Rowland confirmed that one house along 700 North in Bingham County had its roof catch on fire. It’s not clear what the current condition of the home is.
Previously, Rowland ordered evacuations on 700 North just off U.S. Highway 91 at around 2 p.m. Thursday, Rowland said. A request not an order was made for the entire community around 4 p.m.
UPDATE: Lavaside Fire reaches nearly 1,200 acres. Homes remain threatened.
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LATEST UPDATE (8:30 p.m. Thursday, April 22)
FIRTH The Lavaside Fire has grown to 1,192 acres since it started Wednesday afternoon near Hell’s Half Acre west of Firth.
The majority of the growth happened Thursday as a result of high winds, which fanned the flames from 200 acres to well over 1,000 acres by the evening.
As of 8:30 p.m., homes near 700 North in Firth remained threatened, and fire crews were working diligently to protect them. Bingham County Sheriff Craig Rowland has confirmed that at least one rural home has been damaged by the fire.
FIRTH â The Lavaside fire near Firth which started Wednesday afternoon gained strength and acreage quickly Thursday afternoon, pushed along by winds from the south, and several houses on a Bingham County road were evacuated Thursday afternoon.
The fire was estimated to be 500 acres in size as of 4:30 p.m. on April 22.
Around 2 p.m. Thursday, Bingham County sheriffâs deputies began evacuating approximately 15 homes on 700 North in the area of the wildfire that had been burning west of Firth since late Wednesday afternoon.
The resurgent wildfire was burning toward 700 North, and sheriffâs deputies closed the road to all traffic.