Pepper WFU Fire
Location: 6 miles E of Yellowpine, Valley Co., ID
Specific Location: Pepper Ck, Lat 44° 56´ 56″ Lon 115° 21´ 12″
Date of Origin: 08/21/2008 (First official report 08/29/08)
Cause: lightning
Situation as of 08/29/08 at 11:00 AM
Personnel: 0
Size: 137 acres
Percent Contained: 0%
Desired maximum Fire Size (MMA): not reported
Est. containment date: 10/31/08 (in other words, whenever)
Sam Hescock is in charge of this fire, too. Sam burned down 470,000 acres of the Payette NF last year.
by YPmule
Locals report this fire is in between two old burns and its getting bigger.