Firework stands incinerate in fire on Bellin Road near Broadway [Video]

UPDATE

The following update includes a press release from Idaho Falls Fire Department.

A blazing wall of flame engulfed numerous firework stands as an uncontained field fire spread quickly to the empty structures on Saturday afternoon.

Around 4:45 p.m., an IFFD ambulance spotted a fire burning along a ditch while returning to Station 5. The firefighters/paramedics radioed dispatch to report the fire and continued back to the nearby station to retrieve a brush truck.

Dispatch initially sent two brush trucks, a water tender and a battalion chief.

Within minutes, the fire approached multiple empty firework stands on the property. The stands caught fire and black smoke could be seen from a greater distance. The Battalion Chief, who had arrived at this time, upgraded the call to a structure fire.

IFFD ultimately responded with four engines, three brush trucks, a ladder truck, a water tender and a battalion chief.

As firefighters got …