Two separate wildfires start near Blacks Creek Reservoir

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by KTVB

NWCN.com

Posted on August 3, 2012 at 3:30 PM

Updated Saturday, Aug 4 at 2:28 PM

KUNA -- The Bureau of Land Management had two wildfires on Friday afternoon; one near Pole Gulch and another north of Blacks Creek.

BLM crews were in the area already after fire crews knocked down a brush fire on Kuna Mora Road near the Black's Creek Public Shooting Range. 

BLM said the Clover Fire slowed down after the wind had quickly driven it about 50 acres toward Blacks Creek Reservoir.

Structures in the area were threatened at one point. The reservoir stopped the flames from getting to the homes.

Resources were moved off the Clover Fire to the second fire--the Pole Fire.

The Pole fire reached 1,500 acres Friday night. BLM said it won't be contained or controlled until Saturday.

There is no cause yet for what started both fires.

 

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