KUNA, Idaho — A fire south of the Boise airport that engulfed 1,300 acres was contained by 6 p.m. Monday, the same day the fire erupted, the Bureau of Land Management said. Fire crews worked throughout the night putting out hot-spots, and the fire should be totally controlled by some time Tuesday.
On Monday, Idaho Fire Map documented an active fire located 12 miles south of BOI. The report states that the fire was officially discovered at 10:24 a.m. Monday. PulsePoint, a real-time emergency notification system, showed that the fire was first acknowledged just minutes earlier at 10:18 a.m.
At 11:28 a.m., the Bureau of Land Management wrote in a Twitter post that the fire was an estimated 80+ acres, and resources were at the scene to extinguish the fire.
As of 3 p.m., BLM said the fire was burning 650 acres. The cause is still under investigation.
BLM said that the following resources were activated: Three overhead, three engines, one water tender, two dozers, one Mountain Home RFPA dozer, two SEATs, one air attack and one large air tanker.
In a second Twitter post by BLM, the organization stated that there are no road closures and no structures threatened, as of Monday at noon.
In a finally post made the same evening, BLM stated the fire was contained at 6 p.m.
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