The South Pen Fire

KTVB.COM
Updated today at 7:15 PM

BOISE -- Resources for the Bureau of Land Management are stretched thin as crews are battling seven active wildfire across southern Idaho, including a new one that is threatening homes south of Boise.

BLM Fire Information Officer Mallory Eils says the South Pen Fire broke out sometime after 5 p.m. and has already grown to 1,000 acres. It is believed to have been human caused.

The BLM is fighting the fire with an air tanker and four engines. The Kuna Fire Department is assisting in the firefighting effort with two engines.

The fire is burning near Kuna Mora Road and Pleasant Valley Road.