HAYDEN, Idaho -- Firefighters burned some of the remaining buildings on the former Aryan Nations compound during training exercises this week.
The 20-acre property is owned by the Carr Foundation, which offered the abandoned buildings to Northern Lakes Fire District officials for training, fire inspector Dean Marcus said.
The foundation bought the compound in April from Victoria and Jason Keenan, who won a $6.2 million judgment against the Aryan Nations and its founder, Richard Butler.
Firefighters said they had no political agenda in burning four of the seven buildings during sessions that started Tuesday evening.
"It just gives the folks the opportunity to train how we work," Chief Jeff Welch said.
A bomb squad dog searched the buildings Thursday to make sure they were safe.
Firefighters plan to torch Butler's former home and the neo-Nazi sect's former church July 15.