"SALMON, Idaho -- Firefighters mounted on Sunday an all-out ground and air attack on an Idaho wildfire that has forced the evacuation of some 2,250 homes and threatened the world-class ski resort of Sun Valley, where snow-making water cannons were used to keep the flames at bay."
"The fire raging across parched sagebrush, grasslands and pine forests near high-end developments in the Sun Valley area has consumed 101,000 acres and destroyed one home and seven other buildings since lightning sparked the blaze on August 7.
More than 1,000 firefighters were engaged in what fire officials called 'a heavy air show' and ground assault in a drive to gain the upper hand over a blaze stoked by dry, hot weather and strong, gusting winds."
Laura Zuckerman reports for Reuters August 18, 2013.
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