Lava Fire 2024
Lava Fire is the largest wildfire this season in Idaho, burning 14 miles southwest of Cascade.
Latest update
*** Command of this fire has been transferred from an Incident Management Team back to the Boise National Forest. There will be no further updates posted to this page please visit the Boise National Forest's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/BoiseNationalForest for any additional Information. ***
The Lava Fire is on the Boise and Payette National Forests and lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and Idaho Department of Lands. The fire located north of Emmet and west of Lake Cascade was started by lightning on Monday, September 2nd and is burning in tall grass, brush, and timber.
The Lava fire and the Boulder fire merged on September 9th and information on the the combined fires can be found here.