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Gwen Fire grows overnight to 26,264 acres The Gwen Fire grew overnight to 26,264 acres with 0% containment. Closure of U.S. Highway 12 has been reduced to the area from Lenore (milepost 28) to Spalding (milepost 11). The closure is due to the Gwen Fire and firefighting efforts. Communities impacted include: Juliaetta, Lapwai, Culdesac, Gifford and Myrtle. Primary residences, outbuildings and a commercial building are among the structures lost. About 300 people have evacuated from the fire area. Here is a link to the Nez Perce County interactive map that helps to define the areas of evacuation and those impacted by the fire https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/233ba3e30ad94360ab682cab6232a8da/ The Gwen Fire is one of multiple fires sparked northeast of Lewiston by a lightning event Wednesday, July 24. The Gwen and River fires have been combined into one incident called the Gwen Fire. The River Fire started north of the Clearwater River and U.S. Highway 12, but crossed over so there is fire on both sides of US 12. Fire Information:
Also, here is an Inciweb map of fires in Idaho: https://inciweb.wildfire.gov/state/idaho?fbclid=IwY2xjawESQU1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHY3jjOZa3ulwFKH3MGAOA2hCXjaFPlyy0F8Q2g1aoQc5qtgYIUbWNNhj2g_aem_813j_uGcjRYZSO5itLAW5g Incident management folks from the Gwen had a briefing Saturday morning in Lapwai that can be viewed on the LC Vally News Facebook page. Part of the briefing is in the comments. River Fire photos from Thursday courtesy of LC Valley News:   |
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