Vandals Damage ID Wildland Firefighting Equipment

Sept. 26, 2020

The vandalized machinery was being used for felling snags along roadways and in campgrounds for firefighters, and it had been assigned to the Badger Fire in the Sawtooth National Forest.

Source The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho

Vandals caused $10,000 worth of damage to firefighting machinery assigned to the Badger Fire in Idaho's Sawtooth National Forest.

HANSEN, ID— Friday morning, firefighters discovered that a feller buncher assigned to the Badger Fire had been vandalized sometime last night.

The equipment had been felling snags along roadways and in campgrounds for firefighter and public safety. The machinery sustained upwards of $10,000 in damage to the processing head.

The incident is under investigation and anyone with any information about this crime is asked to contact Sawtooth National Forest law enforcement at [email protected].

The Sawtooth National Forest issued an area closure for most of the Cassia Division on Sept. 15, and it remains in place.

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