Firefighters took advantage of the precipitation to improve containment lines on the Ridge Creek Fire, Tuesday. Minimal fire activity was expected to progress through the day and evening.
Firefighters took advantage of the precipitation to improve containment lines on the Ridge Creek Fire on Tuesday. Minimal fire activity was expected to progress through the day and evening.
Smoke from the region's wildfires filled the skies, bringing air quality to hazardous levels Saturday.
However, there was good news as the Buckskin 2 Fire south of Clark Fork more than doubled in containment, prompting Bonner County Sheriff's Office to lift a "Ready" evacuation notice in the area.
Due to the high winds, the existing Red Flag Warning and out of an abundance of caution the Bunco area has been upgraded to a GET SET status and the READY zone has been expanded to the areas illustrated in a map.
HAYDEN, ID. — The Ridge Creek Fire burning north of Hayden Lake grew to 3,248 acres with 12% containment, which is down from 15% containment in the last update on