Sam Crawford posted this pic on Facebook. It was taken by Kelly Butler Bozzuto and posted on KECH 95.3 FM

This shot is looking north from downtown Hailey, Idaho. The Blaine County Sheriff's Dept. is posting updates and info here. More fire info available here.

Betsy Russell reports: A wildfire that’s threatening the resort cities of Sun Valley and Ketchum has been named the nation’s No. 1 top-priority wildfire, U.S. Forest Service Chief Tom Tidwell announced today.

Tidwell and Idaho Gov. Butch Otter visited the fire lines this morning, and met with officials and spoke with reporters at the National Interagency Fire Center this afternoon. So far, 800 homes have been evacuated in the Sun Valley-Ketchum area, and 3,500 residents have received pre-evacuation notices in an area that includes all of both cities.

Asked if the fire could come into the storied resort towns of Sun Valley and Ketchum, Tidwell said, “At this time, there’s a chance, and that’s why they’ve done the pre-evacuation notices.” He added, “They’re going to probably have a difficult day today with the fire behavior they expect.” Full story.

Let's keep folks in the affected areas in our thoughts and prayers.

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