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 …