Borah

First Class Nick Maimer was a 20-year military veteran, including time spent serving in the Army Special Forces, and a 1995 graduate of Borah High School in Boise, he previously told the Statesman.

Mae Roos, a senior at Borah High School in Boise, testified against the bill at a Feb. 10 hearing.

Borah, a senior district official based in that area.

Seismologists say the region has an earthquake about that size every 30 or 40 years, and the previous one - a magnitude 7.0 near Borah Peak in 1983 - killed two children in Challis and caused an estimated $12.5 million in property damage.

"We have only received funds from the company for our immediate livelihood support. We are yet to receive any compensation for the house and crops damaged in the fire," said 40-year-old farmer Dandeshwar Borah, who has now been living in a makeshift hut about 1.5km away from the site of the fire.