Fire restrictions lifted in Elmore County, S. Idaho

Elmore County entered the fire season following three major range fires in recent years that in total had burned more than a half million acres of range land.

With the fire danger continuing to decrease across southern Idaho, city and county officials lifted burn bans in Mountain Home and across Elmore County last Friday.

Rain showers, cooler weather and lower wildfire dangers also prompted state and federal wildfire officials to lift Stage 1 fire restrictions across west central Idaho mountains that afternoon.

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