Idaho wildfires rage on as residents return to homes – in pictures

Firefighters with the private contract company Great Basin Fire, mop up part of the 104,457-acre Beaver Creek Fire in the Baker Creek area north of Ketchum, Idaho, on Monday. Photograph: Ashley Smith/AP

The Beaver Creek fire creeps slowing down the western canyon wall above the Wood River wildfires in Hailey, Idaho. The Beaver Creek fire moved through the area in the early hours of Saturday morning, forcing more than 1,000 people from their homes as it burned more than 92,000 acres.
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Sarah Thompson, of the US forest service, sharpens a fire rake before fighting the 104,457-acre Beaver Creek fire. Photograph: Ashley Smith/AP

Dusty and Kathy Pruett, of Hailey, Idaho, watch as the Beaver Creek fire burns through one of their favourite hiking trails.
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A firefighter walks across a blackened field close to homes on Croy Road and the Rotorun ski hill.
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Members of the media walk through part of the 104,457 acres Beaver Creek fire in the Baker Creek area on Monday. Photograph: Ashley Smith/AP

Firefighter Gerard House, with private contract company Blaze Runner, talks with media while mopping up part of the 104,457-acre Beaver Creek fire. Photograph: Ashley Smith/AP

The Beaver Creek Fire was burning in full force on Monday north of Ketchum, Idaho. Photograph: Ashley Smith/AP

Members of the media walk through devastated areas in the Baker Creek area. Photograph: Ashley Smith/AP