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An early morning structure fire caused thousands of dollars damage to a Twin Falls garage on Monday.

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KLIX) Idaho forecasters are calling for several days of smokey and hazy conditions, yet southern Idaho hasn't seen any fire activity, so where is the smoke coming from?

BOISE, Idaho (KTVB) -- Raging wildfires are the fear every summer in Idaho, but this year it was an abnormal amount of fires on state land that have many concerned.

(KLIX)- Recent Fires have exposed a number of Archaeological sites this summer in Idaho. Bureau of Land Management officials are asking people to let them be if you come across them on public land. Many artifacts are protected under the Archaeological Resources Protection Act...

The Bureau of Land Management says roughly 46 square miles has burned in three separate fires in Elmore County. The Grindstone fire burned more than 21,600 acres of grass 15 miles south of Glenns Ferry, and it was nearly completely contained Monday morning...

A smoky haze is hanging over the Magic Valley area and other parts of southern Idaho this week.  Although there are no fires burning locally, officials say the smoke could be coming from three other fires burning in Idaho right now.  There are two fires burning in the Salmon-Challis National Forest...

Fire crews continue to battle a handful of wildfires across south central and eastern Idaho that were started by lightning strikes over the weekend.  So far, at least three of the blazes are blamed for burning 2,500 acres. The biggest as of Monday afternoon is the so-called Garden Fire southeast of American Falls...

We should see less smoke today. A brush fire that broke out Sunday evening burned about 10,000 acres, including five acres near Mountain Home Air Force Base.

Smoke filled the Magic Valley sky yesterday. Several fires  burning throughout southern Idaho are to blame for the grey haze. The biggest, the 31-square-mile Big Hill fire located 20 miles south of Bruneau. The Blair fire has burned about 1200 acres 8 Miles north of Glenns Ferry.

At least 19 different fires were started around the Magic Valley area due to yesterday's thunderstorms.   As of last night no structures had been threatened by the fires. Most of them were burning in Gooding and Lincoln counties. Power outages were also reported is some parts of the valley.

State officials are concerned that the wet spring could bring some serious wildfires this year but even with that concern, this year is expected to be an average year for fires.