2011 Fires
<p>Blake Lindsay of the Idaho Panhandle Hot Shots uses a drip torch to set back fires Tuesday at the South Fork Lost Creek Fire above Swan Lake.</p>
<p>A firefighter works on the South Fork Lost Creek Fire.</p>
<p>The South Fork Lost Creek Fire.</p>
<p>Firefighters tackle hot spots on the South Fork Lost Creek Fire.</p>
<p>The South Fork Lost Creek Fire.</p>
<p>Firefighting work on the South Fork Lost Creek Fire.</p>
<p>A wide plume of smoke rises above the Swan Mountain Range on Wednesday from the Big Salmon Lake and Hammer Creek fires. The Big Salmon fire went from 10 acres to 2,000 acres in a day. </p>
<p>Fire crews are working to control the Peter's Ridge fire.</p>
<p>A Sikorsky CH-54B Tarhe lands at Ferndale Airfield to be refueled Monday afternoon. The Tarhe is capable of holding up to 2,000 gallons of water.</p>
<p>From right to left, pilot Chris Bryce, and helicopter crew members Bill Gage and Logan Sandman rest at the Ferndale Airfield while waiting to be dispatched to a fire.</p>
<p>Bryan Olson, left, and Christopher Smith from the Murphy Lake Ranger Station stand near a portable water tank as they watch the Fitzsimmons Creek Fire burn Tuesday afternoon east of Stryker.</p>
<p>An esitimated 60 acres burn near the confluence of the Stillwater River and Fitzsimmons Creek Tuesday morning.</p>
