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Fire season heats up

by BILL BULEY
Staff Writer | September 3, 2025 1:09 AM

Twenty-nine wildfires have been confirmed across the Coeur d’Alene Interagency Dispatch Zone since a thunderstorm rolled through the region Friday. While most have been contained, controlled or called out, others continue to burn.

The Ulm Creek Fire started by lightning near the headwaters of Shoshone Creek on the Idaho/Montana border was about 400 acres Tuesday afternoon, while the Rattle Mountain Fire, about 13 miles north-northeast of Clark Fork, was at 40 acres.

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