SALMON, Idaho (KIFI) – An engine and wildland firefighters from the Salmon-Challis National Forest responded to a grass fire over the weekend and declared it out the same day. The 1.19-acre fire along the Salmon River Road #030 had been caused by a campfire, according to a post on the Salmon-Challis National Forest Facebook page.
“Abandoned or unattended campfires like this one can have consequences. Winter weather does not mean that campfires cannot spread. Fuels are very dry before spring green-up and fires may spread rapidly in low humidity and windy conditions like we experience during winter months on the Forest,” the Forest Service writes in their Facebook post.
The agency is asking Idahoans recreating outside in forest service land to remember to “DROWN – STIR – FEEL your campfire to be sure it is DEAD OUT and never leave a campfire unattended.”
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