Idaho’s Wapiti Fire burns over 110,000 acres

STANLEY — Idaho’s Wapiti Fire has grown successful size, burning complete 110,000 acres pinch firefighters still moving toward containment.

The wildfire began connected July 24 adjacent Grandjean and is burning successful nan Boise National Forest and Sawtooth National Forest successful Boise and Custer counties. 

It was caused by lightning. InciWeb online said it’s complete 112,321 acres and is 8% contained. 

According to nan upwind outlook, it’s expected to beryllium lukewarm and sunny, pinch barren conditions. “The sunshine hitting nan crushed and warming and drying nan fuels whitethorn make for challenging occurrence behavior,” an update from nan Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team said. 

The occurrence squad will beryllium hosting a nationalist gathering astatine nan Stanley Community Building astatine 500 Eva Falls Avenue. It’s astatine 6 p.m. Thursday to talk what is happening pinch nan fire. 

Idaho Highway 21 remains closed from eastbound of Lowman to Stanley—milepost 84 to milepost 130— due to wildfire activity. Idaho Highway 75 remains open.

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