It may be cold and snowy in Idaho Falls, but that was not the case for two wildland firefighters who were over in Australia fighting the massive bushfires. They're back home now, and they're telling us their stories.
Kris Bruington, "You know, fire is fire. It burns hot down there just like it does up here."
Kris Bruingtron is one of the wildland firefighters from the BLM Idaho Falls district who spent a month in Victoria, Australia where he served as a task force leader.
Bruington says, "We were able to work pretty close to the edges of the fire."
Since September, the fires have burned nearly 30-million acres. Good news comes out of New South Wales this week as all fires are now considered contained.
With so much destruction in the country, Bruington and his fellow firefighter, Farron Kunkel, jumped at the opportunity to help in any way.