Table Rock Road Fire

A grass fire that burned about a half acre along table rock road near wildhorse lane late monday afternoon was human caused according to boise fire department investigators but they can t say.

Table rock road fire.

The new fire located near the table rock overpass quickly shot up a large column of gray smoke and drew an immediate response from the air and ground. Multiple airplanes and helicopters rushed to. The table rock fire scorched 2 600 acres of the boise foothills and threatened hundreds of homes sending fire crews scrambling to contain the flames that raced up one hillside and down the next. The pit toilet was disgusting and didn t even have toilet paper.

The road getting to table rock is very bumpy and it takes a long time to get to the parking area. The views from here on a clear day are spectacular. Resident taylor kemp said he. It s been a year since last june s table rock fire in the boise foothills destroyed 2 500 acres of wildlife habitat.

Over the last 12 months a group of people and agencies have worked to restore the area. Table rock is an outstanding geologic feature of columbia river basalt at 6 250 feet on the eastern edge of the mill creek watershed. Firefighters say the table rock fire was caused by someone lighting fireworks. Sitting on the western lip of it is a usfs fire lookout station that is staffed through the fire season late june september.