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The air around Missoula may be filled with smoke during the second week of August, but most of that is from Idaho, not Montana. Chris Johnson of the Lolo National Forest says that local crews have been able to keep fire starts down thanks partly to higher humidity, however, there have been multiple opportunities for a bigger blaze.

The Gold Pan Complex fire is still burning just about ten miles from the western Montana Border in Eastern Idaho.

Most of Western Montana will be under a red flag warning this afternoon, August 9.

The Moose Meadows fire burning to the east of Georgetown Lake is getting closer and closer to being fully contained.

The fire danger level in Missoula county and most of southwestern Montana has changed, however, stage one restrictions are still in place.

A tanker flying back to Missoula spotted a new fire in the hills just southeast of town late Monday evening, but quick work by fire crews have limited the damage. The Butte Cabin Fire is still burning about 25 miles south east of Missoula and so far the cause of the blaze is still undetermined...

The Gold Creek Fire north east of Missoula is at nearly 100 percent containment.

Missoula County has now reached the highest fire danger level possible with a new "extreme" fire danger declaration by the Missoula County Fire Protection Association.

Dry temperatures and gusty winds carried a fire in the Jocko canyon to over 700 acres in just a matter of hours on Saturday, July 28. Smoke from the fire blanketed Missoula by the afternoon.

UPDATE 1:00 p.m. Friday, July 26 The Mill Creek Fire is now at 700 acres in the area around Frenchtown, and fire crews are working to complete containment lines around the fire. Firefighters from local agencies and departments are working the fire today. The strategy is to keep the fire from growing. DNRC Fire Information Officer Cindy Super said Friday afternoon that evacuees are being allowed to