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Much of Idaho is covered with smoke once again from fires burning to the north and west of the state and will continue to see more as the week continues.

Chances of thunderstorms and isolated showers have increased the possibility of fire danger in much of southern Idaho, northern Nevada and Utah.

At this time, a fire is burning near Stanley Lake near the community of Stanley.

The National Weather Service in Boise has upgraded the Fire Weather Watch to a Red Flag Warning for the western parts of Twin Falls County extending into Owyhee County and much of western Idaho

The National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho has deployed two aircraft that can help detect and map out wildfires.

HAILEY, Idaho (KLIX) Fire crews spent the morning in the Wood River Valley containing a hay stack fire. According to the Blaine County Sheriff's Office, fire crews were called to the area of Gannett to a report of a stack of hay bales on fire...

JEROME, Idaho (KMVT/KSVT) - Black smoke filled the air when a combine caught fire in Jerome county just after 6 p.m. Monday.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KLIX) Idaho state officials have issued an air quality alert for certain groups of people in southern Idaho due to widespread smoke and haze.

MALTA, Idaho (KLIX) Fire crews are working to suppress a fire that started northwest of Malta Sunday. According to Bureau of Land Management spokes person Kelsey Brizendine, the Coe Fire is about five miles northwest of the small community in the Cotterel Hills...

SHOSHONE, Idaho (KLIX) Firefighters are working to contain a fire burning near the city of Shoshone that flared up overnight that is threatening structures.

JEROME, Idaho (KLIX) – Fire crews are still at the scene of a fire that started about 2:30 p.m. today near the Blue Lakes Country Club.

Weather is going to be sketchy and dangerous this weekend in Idaho.

General area of the Meadow Creek Fire UPDATED INFORMATION HIGHLIGHTED: TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KLIX) Firefighters continue to battle several blazes across southern Idaho as temperatures ease up a few degrees. According to the Bureau of Land Management, crews are fighting the latest blaze east of the Black Pine Mountains along I-84 near the Cassia and Oneida County line...

UPDATE: Both US Highway 93 and State Highway 24 reopened. Crews continue to battle the blaze that is moving to the east.

UPDATE: Fire crews have been able to contain 80% of the fire as of Sunday morning. There are about 83 people working on the blaze that sparked ahead of the weekend. Officials say the fire grew little in the last several days. At this time it has burned roughly 300 acres.

DONNELLY, Idaho (AP) — Authorities say the bodies of four people have been found following a cabin fire in west-central Idaho.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KMVT/KSTV) - Sunday afternoon the twin falls district of the bureau of land management was spraying down the last of the hot spots at the nearly 400 acre hub butte fire.

UPDATE: The fire burning south of Kimberly is now contained and expected to be fully controlled by this afternoon. The fire is only smoldering at this point according to BLM officials. Meanwhile crews quickly responded to a fire near Vineyard Lake west of the Garden of Eden truck stop. A single engine is working on the two acre fire and is expected to be contained later today.

UPDATE: Interstate 84 reopened Tuesday after 5 p.m., and as of 9 p.m. the fire had burned roughly 3,000 acres. IDAHO/UTAH BORDER (KLIX) – Fire crews are battling a tough blaze near the Idaho/Utah border. Nine engines and crew are fighting to contain and get the blaze under control. No structures have been threatened.

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Bureau of Land Management says a lightning storm ignited multiple fires in Southwest Idaho.