FIFTEEN MILES NORTH EAST

New Fire Near Tamarack Resort

By Jill Kuraitis, 8-31-07

UPDATE: Jessica Flynn, spokesperson for Tamarack Resort, tells NewWest.Net/Boise, “The structures threatened are not at Tamarack. We are keeping a close watch on the fire, and on the great efforts crews are making to get it contained.  But at this time it is not threatening anything at the resort since it is still some distance away.”

A new wildfire is burning near Tamarack Ski Resort in Valley County, Idaho.  Structures are threatened, and evacuations are proceeding.

The fire was ignited by lightening, according to Adams County officials, who also said it’s an area heavy with dry sage, grasses, and the brown dry weeds of late summer. 

The fire is about ten miles northeast of Cascade Lake, in the Grey’s Creek area in the Payette National Forest. For those familiar with the town of Cascade, the view from the town side of the lake would be across the lake and to the north.

The National Interagency Fire Center marks the site as “13 miles south of [the town of] Council.”

Several homes have been evacuated, but so far, the Tamarack, Donnelly, and West Mountain/Cascade areas are not affected.

2200 acres are burning, with zero percent containment, and there are seven different firefighting crews on the job.

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