Crews Get Control Of Stubborn Fire

Fire crews contained a 9,200-acre range fire Monday afternoon on the southern rim of the Snake River Canyon in southwestern Idaho after successfully checking a serious flare-up during the weekend.

Sparked by a hawk hitting power lines near Sinker Butte in Owyhee County on Saturday, the fire spread to 4,000 acres before seeming to lay down over night, Bureau of Land Management officials said.

But winds whipped smoldering embers in thick cheat grass back to life on Sunday, allowing the fire to double in size.

Air tankers were called back in to dump retardant on the flames to check any further spread.

No injuries were reported. Two metal barns burned.