PHOTOS: Elk Fire Complex in Idaho continues to grow, 38 homes lost
August 15, 2013
Firefighters light a back burn near Pine, Idaho while fighting the Elk fire Wednesday Aug. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Idaho Statesman, Kyle Green) ( Idaho Wildfire )
A ponderosa pine catches fire during a back burn near Pine, Idaho set by firefighters fighting the Elk fire Wednesday Aug. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Idaho Statesman, Kyle Green) ( Idaho Wildfire )
Firefighters start a back burn along the Pine-Featherville Road while battling the more than 90,000-acre Elk Complex Fire near Pine on Monday August 12, 2013. Near the central Idaho community of Pine, the lightning-sparked Elk Complex Fire has burned 141 square miles of sage brush, grass and pine trees in rugged, mountainous terrain by Monday. (AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) ( APTOPIX Idaho Wildfires )
Idaho City Hotshots firefighter Chance Harrington, from Boise is lit from the fires from a back burn near Pine, Idaho while fighting the Elk fire Wednesday Aug. 14, 2013. The Elk fire has burned 111,977 acres and was 10% contained as of 8am. (AP Photo/Idaho Statesman, Kyle Green) ( Idaho Wildfire )
Aspen trees catch fire during a back burn near Pine, Idaho set by firefighters fighting the Elk fire Wednesday Aug. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Idaho Statesman, Kyle Green) ( Idaho Wildfire )
In this Monday night Aug. 12, 2013 photo, firefighters start a back burn along the Pine-Featherville Road while battling the more than 90,000-acre Elk Fire Complex near Pine, Idaho. Fire crews in central Idaho capitalized on favorable winds Tuesday to continue burnout operations around a small mountain community, seeking to push a wildfire toward an area torched by a massive blaze last year. (AP Photo/The Times-News, Ashley Smith) ( Idaho Wildfires )
In this Monday, Aug. 12, 2013 photo, a firefighter with the Idaho City Hotshots looks for spot fires during a back burn along the Pine-Featherville Road while battling the more than 90,000-acre Elk Fire Complex near Pine, Idaho. (AP Photo/The Times-News, Ashley Smith) ( APTOPIX Idaho Wildfires )
The Elk fire burns near Pine, Idaho Wednesday Aug. 14, 2013. The Elk fire has burned 111,977 acres and was 10% contained as of 8 am. (AP Photo/Idaho Statesman, Kyle Green) ( Idaho Wildfire )
Big Horn Basin Crew members mop up part of the 111,000 acre Elk Fire Complex near Pine, Idaho on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) ( Idaho Wildfires )
In this photo released by the U.S. Forest Service Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, firefighters stand watch near the perimeter of the Elk Complex fire near the small mountain community of Pine, Idaho, Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service) ( Western Wildfires )
The Elk fire burns at night near Pine, Id., Sunday Aug. 11, 2013. The Elk Complex of fires was estimated at 125 square miles and 5 percent containment Sunday night. The Elmore County Sheriff's Department was asking some residents between Pine and Featherville to evacuate. Evacuations also remained in place near Prairie. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Kyle Green) ( Idaho Wildfires )
In this photo released by the U.S. Forest Service Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, firefighters stand watch near the perimeter of the Elk Complex fire near the small mountain community of Pine, Idaho, Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service) ( Western Wildfires )
Firefighters light a back burn near Pine, Idaho while fighting the Elk fire Wednesday Aug. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Idaho Statesman, Kyle Green) ( APTOPIX Idaho Wildfires )
A firefighting helicopter drops water on the Elk Complex Fire in Pine, Idaho, which by Monday, Aug. 12, 2013 had burned through nearly 125 square miles of sage, grass and ponderosa pine forests. (AP Photo/John Miller) ( Idaho Wildfires )
Kylie Rivera, right, and Trish Kiester embrace as they watch the Elk Complex fire burn above the Pine Resort, which Trish owns and where Kylie lives, on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013 in Pine, Idaho. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Joe Jaszewski) ( Idaho Wildfires )
Members of the Mountain Home Fire Department fill a water reservoir called a pumpkin, with 1,800 gallons of water on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013, as they prepare to defend homes from the more than 80,000-acre Elk Complex Fire burning near Pine, Idaho. (AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) ( Idaho Wildfires )
John Lewis, of Featherville, Idaho, works on a sign as firefighters work in the area battling the Elk Fire Complex on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) ( Idaho Wildfires )
Fire descends a ridge towards homes on the more than 90,000-acre Elk Complex Fire near Pine, Idaho, on Monday Aug. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) ( Idaho Wildfires )
Vincent Palato, with the Big Horn Basin Crew out of Cody, Wyo., mops up part of the 111,000 acre Elk Fire Complex near Pine, Idaho on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) ( Idaho Wildfires )
In this Aug. 13, 2013 photo, a backhoe is used to burry some of the 100 cattle Bill Corlett lost during an Aug. 8 wildfire northwest of Fairfield, Idaho. Corlett's home and other structures were destroyed during the blaze. (AP Photo/The Times-News, Ashley Smith) ( Western Wildfires )
Pat Christensen, of Featherville, talks about the six-day-old 111,000 acre Elk Fire Complex near Pine, Idaho on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) ( Idaho Wildfires )
The 80,300-acre Elk Fire Complex burns across Elmore County, Idaho , Sunday Aug. 11, 2013. The Elk Complex Fire has so far charred more than 125-square-miles and is now the nation's top wildfire priority, according to federal wildfire officials. (AP Photo/Times-News,Ashley Smith) Mandatory Credit ( APTOPIX Idaho Wildfires )
Firefighters start a back burn along the Pine-Featherville Road while battling the more than 90,000-acre Elk Fire Complex in Pine, Idaho, on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) ( Idaho Wildfires )
Flames are seen on a hill next to Pine, Idaho, Sunday Aug. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Times-News,Ashley Smith) ( Idaho Wildfires )
Ed Ainsworth moves fuels to the other side of a dozer line from homes as the Elk Complex fire burns near in Pine, Idaho on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Joe Jaszewski) ( Idaho Wildfires )
Members of the Idaho City Hotshots walk along a dozer line made to protect homes from the more than 90,000-acre Elk Complex Fire near Pine, Idaho. on Monday, Aug.12, 2013. (AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) ( Idaho Wildfires )
Idaho City Hotshots firefighter Chance Harrington, from Boise pauses with a drip torch while helping light at back burn near Pine, Idaho while fighting the Elk fire Wednesday Aug. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Idaho Statesman, Kyle Green) ( Idaho Wildfire )
John Lewis, of Featherville, works on a sign in town that greets firefighters battling the 111,000 acre Elk Complex Fire on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) ( Idaho Wildfires )
A fire burns on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 20 north of Mountain Home, Idaho on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. The blaze was among several touched off in recent days by a lightning storm that rolled through the region. The largest two fires, the Pony Complex and Elk Complex, had burned more than 300 square miles of sagebrush, grass and pine trees and forced the evacuation of small, remote towns in the region. (AP Photo/John Miller) ( Idaho Wildfires )
A sign is posted Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2013 by the remains of Bill Corlett's home that burned during a wildfire on Aug. 8, 2013 northwest of Fairfield, Idaho. (AP Photo/The Times-News, Ashley Smith) ( Western Wildfires )
A helicopter battles the Elk Complex Fire burning near Pine, Idaho, Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) ( Idaho Wildfires )
David Snelling, with Tatanka Hotshots from South Dakota, takes a brief break to eat after working to build defensive lines around homes to protect them from the more than 90,000-acre Elk Complex Fire near Pine, Idaho, on Monday August 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) ( Idaho Wildfires )
A type one sky crane helicopter sucks fire retardant from a large barrel near Dog Mountain in Pine, Idaho while fighting the Elk fire Wednesday Aug. 14, 29013. (AP Photo/Idaho Statesman, Kyle Green) ( Idaho Wildfire )
An air tanker drops fire retardant on the hillside overlooking Pine, Idaho while battling the more than 80,000 acres Elk Complex FIre on Sunday Aug.11, 2013. (AP Photo/Times-News,Ashley Smith) Mandatory Photo Credit ( Idaho Wildfires )
Firefighters light a back burn near Pine, Idaho while fighting the Elk fire Wednesday Aug. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Idaho Statesman, Kyle Green) ( Idaho Wildfire )
Members of the Ironwood Hot Shots from Tuscon, Ariz. work a water line behind homes as the Elk Complex fire burns in Pine, Idaho on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Joe Jaszewski) ( Idaho Wildfires )
Billy, who declined to give his last name, of the Tatanka Hotshots of South Dakota, takes a quick cat nap after working on the line for the past four days at the 111,000 acre Elk Fire Complex near Pine, Idaho on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) ( Idaho Wildfires )
Hundreds of firefighters, including the Ironwood Hotshots from Tucson, Ariz., gathered Sunday to battle the 80,300-acre Elk Fire Complex burning across Elmore County, Idaho, on Sunday, August 11, 2013. The hotshots were protecting the home from the fire.(AP Photo/Times-News,Ashley Smith) ( Idaho Wildfires )
The 80,300-acre Elk Fire Complex burns across Elmore County, Idaho , Sunday Aug. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Times-News,Ashley Smith) ( Idaho Wildfires )
People watch the 80,300-acre Elk Complex Fire burning on hill next to Pine, Idaho, on Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Times-News,Ashley Smith) ( Idaho Wildfires )
Pine residents Kylie Rivera, left, and Gloria Koch watch the approaching flames from the 80,000 acres Elk Complex FIre in Pine, Idaho, on Sunday Aug. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) Mandatory Credit ( Idaho Wildfires )
Firefighters watch as the Elk Complex fire burns in Pine, Idaho, on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Joe Jaszewski) ( Idaho Wildfires )
A fire burns on the shoulder of U.S. Highway 20 north of Mountain Home, Idaho on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. The blaze was among several touched off in recent days by a lightning storm that rolled through the region. (AP Photo/John Miller) ( Idaho Wildfires )
David Hartman, left, and Scott Calderwood, both with the Pagosa Fire Protection District in Colo., mop up part of the 111,000 acre Elk Fire Complex near Pine, Idaho on Wednesday, August, 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) ( Idaho Wildfires )
In this Monday night Aug. 12, 2013 photo, firefighters start a back burn along the Pine-Featherville Road while battling the more than 90,000-acre Elk Fire Complex near Pine, Idaho. (AP Photo/The Times-News, Ashley Smith) ( Idaho Wildfires )
Members of the Ironwood Hot Shots from Tuscon, Ariz. move out after cutting a fire line behind homes as the Elk Complex fire burns in Pine, Idaho, Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. Red fire retardant is shown on the ground from an air drop. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Joe Jaszewski) ( Idaho Wildfires )
In this photo released by the U.S. Forest Service Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, firefighters stand watch near the perimeter of the Elk Complex fire near the small mountain community of Pine, Idaho, Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service) ( Western Wildfires )
John Larson photographs a helicopter dropping retardant on the Elk Complex behind his home in Pine, Idaho on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Joe Jaszewski) ( Idaho Wildfires )
Firefighters Nick Stone (right back, from Boise) and Matthew Younger (middle front, from Emmett), work to suppress hotspots near Dog Mountain in Pine, Idaho while fighting the Elk fire Wednesday Aug. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Idaho Statesman, Kyle Green) ( Idaho Wildfire )
David Hartman, with the Pagosa Fire Protection District in Colo., pauses while mopping up part of the 111,000 acre Elk Fire Complex near Pine, Idaho on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013. (AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) ( Idaho Wildfires )
John and Cindy Larson watch flames on the ridge behind their house as firefighters worked to build a defensive line around their neighborhood to protect them from more than 90,000-acre Elk Complex Fire near Pine, Idaho, on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) MANDATORY CREDIT ( Idaho Wildfires )
Firefighters helped residents clear brush around their homes in Pine, Idaho, to protect them from the 80,300-acre Elk Complex Fire burning across Elmore County. (AP Photo/Times-News,Ashley Smith) Mandatory Credit ( Idaho Wildfires )
A back burn takes hold to combat the 111,000 acre Elk Complex Fire, on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013 near Pine, Idaho. (AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) ( Idaho Wildfires )
Chris Corbus, left, and Rick Van Meer, of the Mountain Home Fire Department, prepare to defend homes from the more than 80,000-acre Elk Fire Complex burning near Pine, Idaho, Monday Aug. 12, 2013. Pine and neighboring Featherville were under mandatory evacuation orders Monday, a day after Elmore County sheriff's deputies went from house to house, knocking on doors to alert residents to clear out of the area. (AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) ( Idaho Wildfires )
As fire rolls down a ridge towards homes, a helicopter drops water on the more than 90,000-acre Elk Fire Complex burning near Pine, Idaho, on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith) ( Idaho Wildfires )
In this photo released by the U.S. Forest Service Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013, firefighters stand watch near the perimeter of the Elk Complex fire near the small mountain community of Pine, Idaho, Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/U.S. Forest Service) ( Western Wildfires )
Members of the Ironwood Hotshots from Tucson, Ariz., walk by a home in PIne, Idaho, Sunday, Aug. 11, 2013, as help fight the 80,300-acre Elk Complex fire burning across Elmore County The hotshots were clearing a defense area around the home. (AP Photo/The Times-News, Ashley Smith) ( Idaho Wildfires )
A helicopter drops muddy water from a nearby pond on the Elk Complex fire in Pine, Idaho on Monday, Aug. 12, 2013. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Joe Jaszewski) ( Idaho Wildfires )
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