The following is a list of fires burning on 12 July 2012, from the Eastern Idaho Interagency Fire Center (EIIFC);
Butte City #2 Fire: 186 acres, began 11 July, 70% containment.
Midway Fire: Southeast of Experimental Breeder Reactor-1 (EBR-1). 8,900 acres, 25% containment. Began 10 July. One of my co-workers had to detour to Idaho Falls, as the fire shut down Highway 26 to Blackfoot.
Cedar Butte WSA Fire: 1,200 acres, began 11 July, 30% containment.
Ross Fire: Began 12 July, contained, less than one acre burned.
Rooster Rock Fire: Southwest of Pocatello, 2,500 acres, began 11 July, 90% contained.
Knox Canyon Fire: 600 acres, began 11 July, 35% contained.
However, I saw smoke from several fires, some maybe not mentioned in the EIIFC report.
12 July, smoke (from Knox Canyon Fire?) seen west of Pocatello Century High School (you know, the new one that looks like a prison). The hill in the foreground was burned during the 28 June 2012 Charlotte Fire.
12 July, smoke seen rising (hard to see in this pic) north of Simplot Don Plant (Cedar Butte WSA Fire?).
12 July, smoke seen rising about ten miles southwest of Pocatello Airport (Rooster Rock Fire?).
EAST IDAHO WILDFIRE 2012: BUSY 30 MINUTES AT POCATELLO AIRPORT, AS FIRE FIGHTING AIRCRAFT FLY INTO ACTION