Update: FEMA OKs Fed $$$ For Fire

The Federal Emergency Management Agency has authorized using federal funds to help with firefighting costs on the Cape Horn Fire, and reports that firefighting resources onsite include eight air tankers, three helicopters and eight engines, with a Type II management team scheduled to arrive at the fire this afternoon. The fire was at 0 percent containment. FEMA’s authorization makes federal grant funds available to reimburse 75 percent of the state of Idaho’s eligible firefighting costs, which include only firefighting and life-saving efforts, not assistance to individuals or businesses or infrastructure damage. FEMA reported that the fire threatens a high-value marina, the Naval Acoustics Research Station and Farragut State Park, along with high-use recreation areas on the shores of Lake Pend Oreille. The latest incident report on the fire reported that as of noon, it was burning on 2,000 acres with 0 percent containment, and eight structures were confirmed to have been destroyed, six of them homes/ Scott Maben , SR. More here .