A brush fire lights up the evening sky behind an F-15SG assigned to the Republic of Singapore air force at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Aug. 15, 2011. Flightline activity, to include all flying operations, were stopped and personal evacuated from flightline buildings as the fire approached the base. A building containing navigation equipment on the airfield may have sustained some minor damage. No other damage was reported. The fire burned approximately 3,000 acres, including five acres on the northwest corner of the base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gina Chiaverotti-Paige)
A brush fire, believed to have been started by a lightning strike, burns along the fence line at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, Aug. 15, 2011. More than 20 vehicles and nearly 60 firefighters from the base, the city of Mountain Home and Grandview fire departments, along with the Bureau of Land Management, worked together to fight the grass fire. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Gina Chiaverotti-Paige)