Wildland firefighters engage in cold trailing while mopping up around the West Mountain Complex fires in Idaho on Aug. 26, 2024. Cold trailing is a method of controlling partly dead fire edges by ...

IDAHO FALLS – State and federal land management agencies have put fire restrictions in place for all of eastern Idaho as it enters the heart of wildfire season. The Eastern Idaho Interagency Fire ...

IDAHO FALLS, Idaho (KIFI) — As wildfire danger increases, the Eastern Idaho Interagency Fire Center is implementing Stage 1 fire restrictions on federal, state, and private lands across 14 counties, ...

Wildfire risk is growing across the West, and more people are building homes in places where urban development meets the wild — what’s known as the wildland/urban interface (WUI). So it’s more ...

HOPE, Idaho -- Firefighters are still working on containment for a growing wildfire near Hope, Idaho. According to the Selkirk Fire Department, the Lightning Creek Fire is now over 2,100 acres with no ...

In conjunction with a new law hitting the books this summer, the Idaho Public Utilities Commission recently approved a ...

ATHOL, Idaho — The Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) reports the Sunset Fire burning near Athol is about 52% contained as of Wednesday afternoon, and as firefighters battle the flames on the front lines ...

The Idaho Department of Lands is partnering with OroraTech to trial satellite wildfire detection technology to monitor for wildfires, like the one seen here. Bureau of Land Management Idaho is trying ...

In an effort to reduce human-caused fires in southern Idaho, fire officials will implement Stage 1 fire restrictions by midnight on Thursday, July 31. The move comes during the height of fire season, ...

HOPE, Idaho — A fire in the Lightning Creek drainage of Northern Idaho more than doubled in size Sunday, reaching almost 1,600 acres by 6 p.m., U.S. Forest Service officials said. "Yesterday's ...