BOISE - Residents in Southeast Boise affected by the recent wildfire will get the fire wall they've been asking for. 

Boise officials approved an order that allows neighbors to build a fire break retaining wall up to 12 feet high downhill from their homes.

The request required a special hearing because city codes only allow for six foot fences and walls in residential areas.

A fire near Amity Road destroyed nine homes and burned another ten, and left one person dead. The fire started during a windstorm when hot metal dripped from a power pole onto dry grass.  Flames quickly spread through the field and ripped through the homes.