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On August 29th 1985, the Butte Fire blew up in the Salmon River canyon of central Idaho. The blow-up sent 73 firefighters into their fire shelters, where they spent a harrowing 1-2 hours. It was not a tragedy, but it was a close call.
On June 28-30…
The Cramer fire began as a fairly typical mid-slope ignition on the south-faciing slope of the steep Salmon River Canyon during an extended drought in late July 2003. On July 22, the fourth day after ignition, and three days from detection and…