BLM: Human factors linked to local fires

The Tindall Fire, located in the Crane Falls area south of Mountain Home Air Force Base, burned nearly 1,700 acres before crews with the Bureau of Land Management worked to contain that range fire.

Photo courtesy of the Bureau of Land Management

Human factors were linked to the two range fires that broke out in parts of Elmore County last week, according to officials with the Bureau of Land Management as they continued their investigation into how those fires actually started.

BLM crews responded to a fire located south of Mountain Home Air Force Base around 4 p.m. July 15 with the second fire reported near Hammett about 2 1/2 hours later.

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