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Wildfire in Lewis and Southern Nez Perce, Idaho

Wildfire September 2, 2011 – September 3, 2011 · Lewis and Southern Nez Perce, Idaho

$3.5M

Damage as recorded

What the National Weather Service wrote

A relatively small wildfire of around 75 acres completely destroyed a historic railroad trestle. The estimated cost to rebuild the trestles and railroad track to its original state was between three and four million dollars.

The wider storm

A wildfire that ignited near Highway 95 at mile post 284 was quickly fanned by gusty winds as it moved up the hillside west of Reubens.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 341493. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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