Reinforcements Sent to Fight Fires in Idaho
Scores of reinforcements moved into the Salmon River Breaks of central Idaho’s Gospel Hump Wilderness on Tuesday in a second day of fighting two wilderness fires.
Additional manpower was added to the 340 firefighters on the Johnson Butte fire after it broke through containment lines again Monday, doubling in size to 1,000 acres in steep, rugged terrain.
Nez Perce National Forest fire bosses hoped to bring manpower up to as many as 300 on the smaller Cape Horn Fire, burning on 170 acres in a canyon about 12 miles to the east.
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