Beastly fire disrupts Idaho vacation heaven
Source: AP-Excite
By JOHN MILLER
SUN VALLEY, Idaho (AP) - For rockers Huey Lewis and the News, smoke from the massive Sun Valley, Idaho, wildfire known as "the Beast" had band members who famously worried about the heart of rock and roll worrying about their lungs.
They canceled their show, as did the novelists, poets and journalists who convene in this vacation region each summer for a writer's convention. Meanwhile, squadrons of private aircraft whisked the affluent off to locales with cleaner air.
With its mountain backdrop, Sun Valley is normally a playground for the rich, the famous, for super-fit pursuers of outdoor sports or the Big Wood River's feisty brook trout. To many, it's heaven. But "the Beast" has caused disruptions in the sun-basking, fun-loving lifestyle, and the economy.
"This is the worst I've seen it," said Brad Wood, who helps run a shop that rents bikes at the posh Sun Valley Lodge. Wood said he's sent four employees home until business picks up: On Thursday, only five of the 350 bikes they rent were out.
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In this Aug. 19, 2013 file photo, members of the media wa;l through part of the 104,457 acres Beaver Creek Fire in the Baker Creek area north of Ketchum, Idaho. With its mountain backdrop, Sun Valley is normally a playground for the rich, the famous, for super-fit pursuers of outdoor sports or the Big Wood Rivers feisty brook trout. To many, its heaven. But the fire known as the Beast has raised hell with the sun-basking, fun-loving lifestyle. (AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith, File) MANDATORY CREDIT