Wednesday lightning sets fires across Idaho Panhandle
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
A dry thunderstorm the morning of July 7 set off a series of fires in North Idaho, including six northeast of Sandpoint known as the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
A dry thunderstorm the morning of July 7 set off a series of fires in North Idaho, including six northeast of Sandpoint known as the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
An extremely active electrical storm in the early morning on June 15 saw lightning strikes all over the county, with one bolt making contact with …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The July 27 lightning storm started 93 fires across the Coeur d’Alene Interagency Dispatch Zone, with 11 growing to be greater than five acres, totaling …
By Cameron Rasmusson
Reader Staff
The Cape Horn fire that scorched Lake Pend Oreille communities last year is seared into local memory. However, authorities still haven’t released the cause of …
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