Wildfires

Red Flag Warning for Bitterroot National Forest for Thursday.

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Fire season has arrived in Western Montana

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Nine new lighting caused fires in the Bitterroot National Forest.

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GREAT FALLS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service says a wildfire has broken out in the Bob Marshall Wilderness northwest of Augusta.

Lewis and Clark National Forest spokesman Dave Cunningham says the fire was reported Thursday afternoon and had grown to 200 acres within a couple of hours

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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Officials say new fires ignited in southern Montana as lightning moved through the area, including one that forced people from about 30 homes near Livingston.

The cause of the 1½-square-mile fire northeast of Livingston that began Tuesday night has not yet been officially determined but officials suspect it was caused by lightning

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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Four of the five wildfires burning in southeastern Montana have been fully contained, but crews are keeping a wary eye out because forecasters are calling for high temperatures and possible lightning strikes

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Five new lightning-caused fires in Bitterroot National Forest.

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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana's largest wildfire is 95 percent contained, but lightning, heat and gusty winds could make things tough on firefighters later this week.

Fire managers said earlier they hoped to fully contain the 250,000-acre Ash Creek fire on Monday

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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Crews took advantage of mild weather and calmer fire activity on Thursday to make headway on five large southeastern Montana blazes.

Officials are now managing the fires as one 470-square-mile wildfire complex so they can quickly shuttle resources between them

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HELENA, Mont. (AP) — A wildfire west of Three Forks has grown to about 7.5 square miles amid gusty winds that prevented burnout operations.

Fire officials say the Pony fire in the Tobacco Root mountains grew about a half square mile overnight after strong gusts sent crew tents rolling across their encampment near Whitehall on Tuesday

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