CALDWELL, Idaho (CBS2) — A rapidly spreading grass fire threatened recreational vehicles and buildings in the Caldwell Rural Fire District on Red Top Road on Thursday afternoon, but firefighters contained the blaze before it could destroy homes or force evacuations.
At about 3:50 p.m. Thursday, firefighters from the Caldwell Fire Department were dispatched to the 19000 block of Red Top Road for a reported structure fire. When crews arrived, they found about an acre of grass burning quickly, with multiple recreational vehicles and two structures immediately threatened.
Firefighters deployed hose lines, protected the threatened structures and vehicles, and made what officials described as an aggressive attack on the fire. Crews then flanked the remaining fire and completed containment…