FORT HALL — A wildfire scorched more than 300 acres on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation on Tuesday, but firefighters were able to keep the flames from spreading to the four homes that were threatened.

Randy’L Teton, public affairs manager for the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, said firefighters were able to contain the blaze that was burning in the Ross Fork area by 10 p.m. on Tuesday, and had the flames under control by 11:30 p.m. 

“I am glad they got it contained,” Teton said, adding that the families that had to be evacuated during the fire were able to return to their homes on Wednesday. 

The families, whose names were not released, spent the night at the Shoshone-Bannock Hotel in Fort Hall city. 

Teton thanked the firefighters from Fort Hall, Chubbuck, Pocatello, Pocatello Valley, Inkom and the Bureau of Land Management fire departments, who helped battle the blaze — one of several started by lightning in the area on Tuesday afternoon. 

Firefighters were able to extinguish most of the fires quickly, but struggled to put out the South Ross Fork fire that was driven by strong winds. 

The blaze covered roughly 40 acres by 5:40 p.m. on Tuesday, and more than doubled in size by 7:40 p.m. Teton said the fire burned through a total of 317 acres of before firefighters were able to contain it.