according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Wildfire Risk to Communities Map. Citywide, homes in Boise have a greater risk of fire, on average, than 98% of communities in the nation.

The growth of the Boise Fire finally decelerated as the fire grew by just 328 acres since Thursday. As of Friday, it burned through 10,533 acres. “What’s helped us out is a number of things ...

Earlier in the day, Boise Fire on Wednesday sent a four-person crew in a brush rig down to fight the flames. “Everything else around it is now gone – every small business, every supermarket ...