CONTAINED: Brushfire quelled by multi agencey response in the Ammon foothills

UPDATE

According to a news release from Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Bryan Lovell, the Ammon foothills fire has been contained.

Crews are still on-site working the perimeter of the burned area. No injuries or structures were damaged in the blaze.

The sheriff’s office wants to remind residents that fire danger in the area remains very high due to current weather conditions, despite the rain that hit the area over the past weekend.

“With the 4th of July approaching and throughout the summer, Emergency Personnel stress the importance of being safe with fireworks and avoid lighting them anywhere close to open fields, dry grasses, or uninhabited areas. Always have water and extinguishing equipment nearby, and place used fireworks in a bucket of water before discarding them,” the release states.

ORIGINAL STORY

IDAHO FALLS — A brushfire has broken out in the Ammon foothills with multiple agencies responding in an effort to put out the blaze.

According to Pulse Point, the fire was reported at 1:45 p.m.

Bonneville County Fire District 1 spokesman Keith Banda told EastIdahoNews.com that fire is near the 7000 block of South Packbridge Lane.

Banda said that Idaho Falls Fire Department responded to the fire. Idaho Falls Fire Department spokeswoman Hayli Egbert said crews are working on the fire and more information about its size and cause will be available later this afternoon.

Banda said that aside from IFFD and BCFD1, Idaho’s Bureau of Land Management and Idaho Department of Lands are assisting with the fire.

Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Sgt. Bryan Lovell is asking community members to avoid the area of 65th South and Highwillow Lane, and east of 45th East at Ledgerock Drive, the area east of Comore Loma Subdivision.

EastIdahoNews.com will update this story once more information becomes available.