The Lolo Peak Fire has exploded, sending flames over the top of the mountain and down the other side near homes along Highway 93 South into Ravalli County.
After the first 48 hours, the mandatory evacuations for residents on Highway 12 due to the Lolo Peak Fire have been going smoothly, according to fire officials.
The 1,600 residents of Seeley Lake have been advised to evacuate due to the continuing threat of dangerous air pollution caused by smoke from the nearby Rice Ridge Fire.
The Gibraltar Ridge Fire near Eureka is now the number one firefighting priority in the nation, and there are fresh evacuations for the Sunrise Fire near Superior.
42 year-old James Bayford is in the Missoula County Jail charged with two counts of negligent homicide after allegedly causing a fatal crash on I-90 on Saturday night.