October 7-13 is National Fire Prevention Week, and Missoula Rural Fire has a bevy of tips and information to help keep your home and family safe this winter.
Even though the damage was slight and limited to a few hundred dollars, Missoula Rural Fire officials said a quick response to the old Bonner Mill complex on Tuesday morning probably saved several million dollars in damage.
Investigators with Missoula Rural Fire District are asking for the public’s help in determining the actual cause of the fire that destroyed the house, garage and storage shed on Zaugg Drive on Saturday in Bonner-West Riverside.
The Dry Gulch Fire has burned over a quarter of an acre about five miles up Dry Gulch Road in an area near Frenchtown that has not experienced any lightning strikes over the past few days, according to Fire Prevention Specialist Jordan Koppen with the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation
The Missoula County Office of Emergency Management called an unusual Sunday afternoon press conference to announce historic flood levels headed for western Montana in the next few days that could extend into the summer
Montana Governor Steve Bullock has honored the Missoula Fire Department and Missoula Rural Fire for responding to a request for assistance with the California wildfires this winter.