Firefighters with private contract company Great Basin Fire douse part of the 104,457-acre Beaver Creek Fire in the Baker Creek area of Ketchum, Idaho, on Monday, August 19. The fire has forced the evacuation of several neighborhoods.
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Firefighters with private contract company Great Basin Fire douse part of the 104,457-acre Beaver Creek Fire in the Baker Creek area of Ketchum, Idaho, on Monday, August 19. The fire has forced the evacuation of several neighborhoods.
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Charlie Pomeroy, left, Stacey Ward, Rusty Hollinger and Suzy Hayes watch a sky crane fill up on fire retardant on August 19.
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Charlie Pomeroy, left, Stacey Ward, Rusty Hollinger and Suzy Hayes watch a sky crane fill up on fire retardant on August 19.
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Firefighter Gerard House talks to reporters in the Baker Creek area of Ketchum, Idaho, on August 19.
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Firefighter Gerard House talks to reporters in the Baker Creek area of Ketchum, Idaho, on August 19.
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A helicopter drops fire retardant to protect homes outside Ketchum, Idaho, from the Beaver Creek Fire on Sunday, August 18.
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A helicopter drops fire retardant to protect homes outside Ketchum, Idaho, from the Beaver Creek Fire on Sunday, August 18.
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A firefighting team walks along a fire line near homes on Croy Road and the Rotorun ski hill west of Hailey, Idaho, on Saturday, August 17. A wildfire raging across the central mountains of Idaho forced the evacuation of 200 homes in the tourist town of Hailey as firefighters lost ground against a blaze threatening the nearby international ski destination of Sun Valley.
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A firefighting team walks along a fire line near homes on Croy Road and the Rotorun ski hill west of Hailey, Idaho, on Saturday, August 17. A wildfire raging across the central mountains of Idaho forced the evacuation of 200 homes in the tourist town of Hailey as firefighters lost ground against a blaze threatening the nearby international ski destination of Sun Valley.
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A tanker helicopter drops water as a firefighter works to douse a hot spot at Beaver Creek on August 17.
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A tanker helicopter drops water as a firefighter works to douse a hot spot at Beaver Creek on August 17.
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Firefighters continue to battle the fire in the Wood River Valley as it drops down a canyon hillside west of Hailey on August 17.
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Firefighters continue to battle the fire in the Wood River Valley as it drops down a canyon hillside west of Hailey on August 17.
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Firefighters clear an area burned by the Beaver Creek Fire on August 17. Approximately 1,200 firefighters are working the blaze, with the help of helicopters, bulldozers and conventional engines.
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Firefighters clear an area burned by the Beaver Creek Fire on August 17. Approximately 1,200 firefighters are working the blaze, with the help of helicopters, bulldozers and conventional engines.
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A helicopter makes a drop while battling the Beaver Creek Fire on August 17.
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A helicopter makes a drop while battling the Beaver Creek Fire on August 17.
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Fire creeps down the western canyon wall above the Wood River in Hailey, Idaho, on August 17.
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Fire creeps down the western canyon wall above the Wood River in Hailey, Idaho, on August 17.
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A helicopter battles the flames near Hailey on Friday, August 16. The Beaver Creek Fire was ignited by lightning on August 7.
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A helicopter battles the flames near Hailey on Friday, August 16. The Beaver Creek Fire was ignited by lightning on August 7.
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A fire "whirl" can be seen as erratic wind conditions stir the flames of the fire on August 16.
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A fire "whirl" can be seen as erratic wind conditions stir the flames of the fire on August 16.
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Kevin Bullock, of Bellevue, Idaho, talks on a cell phone as smoke from the wildfire envelops a neighborhood.
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Kevin Bullock, of Bellevue, Idaho, talks on a cell phone as smoke from the wildfire envelops a neighborhood.
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John Koth climbs to the roof of a neighbor's house near Hailey to photograph the blaze on August 16.
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John Koth climbs to the roof of a neighbor's house near Hailey to photograph the blaze on August 16.
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Members of the Idaho City Hotshots work on burn-out operations around Pine, where the Elk Complex fire was burning on August 14.
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Members of the Idaho City Hotshots work on burn-out operations around Pine, where the Elk Complex fire was burning on August 14.
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