Firefighters work along Idaho Highway 21 west of Stanley to fight the Wapiti Fire on Aug. 26, 2024. (Courtesy of U.S. Forest Service/Rocky Mountain Complex Incident Management Team 1) As hot, dry ...

Two firefighters have been killed and a third was wounded when a sniper opened fire on first responders at the site of a wildfire in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Authorities have described it as an “ambush” ...

It's only June, but the outlook is grim for this year's fire season. Much of the Northwest is in drought. Idaho's snowpack has melted faster, brush has been drier and temperatures have been higher ...

COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – Fire crews have made progress in containing the 38-acre Nettleton Gulch Fire. The Idaho Department of Lands (IDL) announced crews have established 15% containment, with no ...

The Post Fire burning 144 acres 14 miles west of Powell Junction near Highway 12 in Idaho is at 81% containment. Night flights detected less heat inside the fire. Officials say 265 firefighters, one ...

The Sunset Fire in the northern Idaho panhandle stood at 3,230 acres and 32% contained as of mid-morning Aug. 25. About 670 people are working on the fire, which started Aug. 13 on the western slope ...

A homeowner is safe after evacuating a small chimney fire Monday evening. Idaho Falls Fire Department spokeswoman Hayli ...

The Idaho Department of Lands said it had burned about 26 acres. Way described the fire on Monday as "reasonably contained," saying that respondents had "stopped significant forward progress." ...

CANFIELD MOUNTAIN, Idaho — A brush fire was intentionally set to lure firefighters to an ambush in Canfield Mountain, Idaho, officials said. Officials said the gunman, who opened fire on the fire ...

The sniper who police say started a blaze to ambush responding fire fighters has been identified as Wess Roley Credit: Getty Images The sniper who police say started a blaze to ambush responding fire ...