The onslaught of fires continues to ravage areas in Idaho as the fire danger rating is elevated to the highest level of "extreme." According to the daily wildfire update issued Sunday by the Idaho Panhandle National Forest, Stage II fire restrictions are in effect within Coeur d'Alene and Grangeville Dispatch Restriction areas as fires are starting and spreading rapidly, quickly increasing in intensity and are extremely difficult to control. The days will be smoky and cloudy as agencies strive to control the wildfires.

Stage II fire restrictions prohibit building, maintaining, attending or using a fire, campfire or wood stove; smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or building, a designated smoking site or while stopped in an area at least three feet in diameter that is barren or cleared of all flammable materials; and operating motorized vehicles off designated roads and trails in accordance with existing travel management plans for non-commercial purposes including ATVs, UTVs and pickups.

The following acts are prohibited from 1 p.m. to 1 a.m.: operating a chainsaw or other equipment powered by an internal combustion engine for felling, bucking, skidding, processing, road building, woodcutting or any other off-road activity during industrial operations; blasting, welding or other activities that generate flame or flammable material; and using explosives/Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.

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