Rains offer brief relief for area fires
A view of the Sunset Fire from a fireboat en route to assist ground forces protecting values at risk along the shoreline of Lake Pend Oreille in southern Bonner County.
Photo courtesy IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF LANDS
Firefighters are pictured working on a fireline at the Lightning Creek Fire in southeastern Bonner County.
Photo courtesy USDA FOREST SERVICE
SANDPOINT — There was a small measure of good news for crews battling a pair of large wildfires in Bonner County.
Rainy, cool weather slowed fire growth and allowed crews to make strides on both the Sunset Fire in southern Bonner County and the Lightning Creek Fire across Lake Pend Oreille in the southeastern part of the county, about 9 miles north of Clark Fork.
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