UPDATE - (10:45 p.m.) Residents on Old Town Road were given a preliminary evacuation advisory notice from the Broadwater Sheriff's Department due to the significant fire growth to the southeast Saturday, according to fire managers.
The fiery derailment of an oil train in Lynchburg,Virginia last week, has local emergency officials elsewhere concerned about their ability to respond to such accidents.
UPDATE - Thursday, August 29, 7 a.m.
Peter Christian spoke with Fire Information Officer Dave Schmitt on the Montana Morning radio show. Schmitt said the fire is now 70 percent contained.