Wildfire Breaks Out in Bob Marshall Wilderness
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.
Even though it is burning in a wilderness area, Cunningham tells the Great Falls Tribune that firefighters are responding quickly because of the potential for rapid growth.
He says a crew of smokejumpers is at the scene supported by two air tankers.
Elsewhere, an uncontained fire burning in southwestern Montana on the Idaho line has grown to 2 square miles. No structures were threatened.
Officials managing a complex of five large wildfires in southeastern Montana say their containment lines have held in red-flag weather conditions.
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