Evacuations likely on Upper Smith Fire

BONNERS FERRY — It's a matter of when some residents near the Upper Smith Fire will be asked to evacuate, not if, Northern Rockies Team 1 officials said at a community meeting Monday.

"We do anticipate, just to be brutally honest with you, in the next couple days, me coming out with some sort of recommendation for a Go evacuation," Boundary County Sheriff Travis Stolley told the 30 or so area residents who attended the fire information meeting.