UPDATE: Badger Fire burns more than 42,000 acres, mandatory evacuations ordered
(World News USA)

TWIN FALLS — A mandatory evacuation order has been issued for the Rock Creek Canyon area of the South Hills due to the Badger Fire, which has grown to 42,345 acres. The order was issued at 7:45 a.m. Friday by Twin Falls County Sheriff Tom Carter. An earlier alert was sent to cellphones in the county warning people in the South Hills to prepare for evacuations. `By the order of the Twin Falls County Sheriff the residents of the Rock Creek Drainage Area are hereby required to evacuate their homes as soon as possible, the order says. `The mandatory evacuation area covers the bottom half of Rock Creek from Third Fork Drainage on the south end to Foothill Road on the north end in Twin Falls...