Lampert Fire triggers evacuations north of Worley in Kootenai County
The Lampert Fire burned more than 25 acres outside Worley and forced immediate evacuations in Cave Bay. By 6:20 p.m., all GO NOW orders had been downgraded to GET READY.
Kootenai County Emergency Management downgraded all GO NOW evacuations for the Lampert Fire to GET READY at 6:20 p.m. Friday, even as the wildfire had grown to more than 25 acres outside Worley. The evacuation zone had covered the Cave Bay Community north of Lampert Road, where residents were ordered out immediately when the fire was first reported.
People in the area could return home after the downgrade, but they needed to stay alert, monitor official updates, gather important items and be prepared to leave quickly if conditions changed. The county will reassess the situation in the morning. The county also urged residents to use its Know Your Zone evacuation mapping tool and keep watching official sources for the latest instructions.
The initial evacuation order went out at 5:17 p.m. Friday, when the blaze was still developing and no information had yet been released on its cause. An emergency alert classified the order as an immediate, extreme evacuation for the Cave Bay Community north of Lampert Road. By evening, the active order had been scaled back, but the area remained under close watch as crews worked near Worley in south Kootenai County.
Friday, the National Interagency Fire Center counted 39 large fires nationwide, with 12,971 firefighters and support personnel engaged. Idaho had two large fires that day. Above-normal temperatures, breezy southwest-to-west winds and afternoon relative humidities of 5% to 15% were increasing fire weather risk across the region.
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