Idaho Wildfire Destroys Traffic Camera, Weather Equipment

National Weather Service officials believe a spreading wildfire in Idaho near the Oregon border took out a traffic camera and weather equipment. This video, grabbed from an Idaho Transportation Department web camera, shows the fire crossing Highway 95 near the border on August 11. The video shows a span of nine hours.

The fire burnt 120,000 acres and spilled over to Oregon on August 12, according to local media. The Owyhee County Sheriff’s Office issued civil emergency and evacuation alerts. Credit: Facebook/US National Weather Service Boise Idaho