Fir Grove 2013

The Fir Grove fire, discovered at 1304 hours MST on Sunday, July 28, started from a lightning strike north of Gooding, Idaho on the west side of highway 46. Response to the incident included multiple air and ground resources. At approximately 1645 hours, a photographer from the Times-News in Twin Falls, Idaho took a photo of a firefighter who was helping to conduct a burn out operation on the Fir Grove fire. The photo appears to show a firefighter walking and/or jumping through flames. The caption, included with the photo appearing on the front page of the Times-News on July 29, read “A firefighter jumped through a wall of flame Sunday night after lighting a back burn on Highway 46.” No injuries regarding the incident were reported. The Fir Grove fire was contained on July 30 at 2000 hours and controlled on August 1 at 2000 hours at just over 6500 acres.