Table Rock Road Fire

The road getting to table rock is very bumpy and it takes a long time to get to the parking area.

Table rock road fire.

Sparked by illegal fireworks the blaze burned and blackened the sagebrush covered landscape. 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. Table rock is an outstanding geologic feature of columbia river basalt at 6 250 feet on the eastern edge of the mill creek watershed. 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.

A brush fire approaching 2 500 acres near table rock has destroyed a home and another structure in the boise foothills. The pit toilet was disgusting and didn t even have toilet paper. Firefighters say the table rock fire was caused by someone lighting fireworks. 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. 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. The views from here on a clear day are spectacular. Over the last 12 months a group of people and agencies have worked to restore the area.