Monday, July 23, 2007

Wildfires in the West

The wildfire situation is growing ever more grim.  With 7 new large fires reported Sunday, and dry thuderstorm activity due to increase over Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.  One of the biggest fires is a fire in the Mountain Home, Idaho area.  This fire has burned over 400,000 acres and is only 10% contained.  The BLM is allocating all available resources for this fire, and they currently have 12 hand crews, 4 helicopters, and 28 engines on the scene.