Table Rock Road Fire

A grass fire that burned about a half acre along table rock road near wildhorse lane late monday afternoon was human caused according to boise fire department investigators but they can t say.

Table rock road fire.

Multiple airplanes and helicopters rushed to. Table rock is an outstanding geologic feature of columbia river basalt at 6 250 feet on the eastern edge of the mill creek watershed. A brush fire approaching 2 500 acres near table rock has destroyed a home and another structure in the boise foothills. The table rock fire scorched 2 600 acres of the boise foothills and threatened hundreds of homes sending fire crews scrambling to contain the flames that raced up one hillside and down the next.

Resident taylor kemp said he. It s been a year since last june s table rock fire in the boise foothills destroyed 2 500 acres of wildlife habitat. Sitting on the western lip of it is a usfs fire lookout station that is staffed through the fire season late june september. The road getting to table rock is very bumpy and it takes a long time to get to the parking area.

Sparked by illegal fireworks the blaze burned and blackened the sagebrush covered landscape. The new fire located near the table rock overpass quickly shot up a large column of gray smoke and drew an immediate response from the air and ground. Over the last 12 months a group of people and agencies have worked to restore the area. Firefighters say the table rock fire was caused by someone lighting fireworks.