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A wildfire that spread rapidly this week near Boise, Idaho, was started by fireworks, officials said.

The so-called Table Rock fire started Wednesday and was quickly contained the next day, but not before rapidly growing to 2,600 acres in size, according to KTVB.com. Resident Taylor Kemp said he went up to Table Rock to photograph a storm Wednesday evening and saw people shooting large fireworks, and one tipped over and exploded on the ground, starting a fire.

"As soon as it happened, they booked it," he told KTVB.com.

(MORE: Drought, Wildfires Lead to Fireworks Bans in Parts of the West)

Police are still searching for those responsible for starting the fire that burned city property and 95 percent of the Boise trails, KBOI-TV reported. The blaze began on the north side of Table Rock Road, detectives told KBOI.

The inferno also claimed at least one home. That house belonged to Steven Danielson, who said his step-daughter spotted the fire on the way home and alerted the family to evacuate, according to KIVI-TV. That warning may have saved Danielson's life, as well as his wife and sons.

"It's all gone," Danielson told KIVI. "We really haven't lost anything you know - we have our family, and our family is pretty dang strong."

Danielson said the home wasn't insured and one of the family cats is still missing, but he remains grateful that the family was able to make it out before the blaze consumed their property. A GoFundMe campaign has been started to help raise money for the family.

Parts of Boise currently sit in the "abnormally dry" category, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor - far from the severe drought found in much of the West, but still at risk for wildfires.

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