UPDATE: The fire is estimated at between 10 and 15 acres. Aircraft have been ordered to help fight the flames.
A fire is burning on Moscow Mountain this morning.
Moscow Rural Fire Department Volunteers were called to the blaze around 2:30 after a thunderstorm rolled through the area. Chief Brian Nickerson says the fire is burning about 5 acres of slash and timber. Crews were assembling and trying to get to the blaze around sunrise this morning. Idaho Department of Lands and Moscow City Volunteer Firefighters have been called in to assist. The fire is on the South slope of the mountain near the radio towers on West Twin. Nickerson believes the fire was likely sparked by lightning.
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A home near Genesee was destroyed by fire on Tuesday.
Genesee Volunteer Firefighters were initially called to the blaze on Eid Road North of town around 9:30 in the morning. Moscow Rural Fire Department Volunteers were called in to assist. No one was hurt. No word yet on what caused the blaze. Volunteers cleared the scene around 3:30 in the afternoon.
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