Evacuations

Over 150 families have evacuated their homes so far due to the Lolo Peak Fire, and State Insurance Commissioner Matt Rosendale has advice on how to protect your property, document, document, document.

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.

U.S. Highway 12 has been closed to through traffic starting at mile marker 16, however, there are detours available to all but commercial trucks and RV's.

Over 150 homes were ordered to evacuate on Sunday morning due to the Lolo Peak Fire, with 140 more receiving evacuation warnings.

Two of our family friends own a home just off Highway 12 near Lolo, just one of 140 more homes that have been put on evacuation notice due to the advance of the Lolo Peak Fire.

Over 40 homes have been evacuated in Mineral County due to the Sunrise Fire burning just a few miles from Superior.

19 year-old Trenton Johnson of Missoula was identified on Thursday as the victim of a wildfire fighting accident that occurred on Tuesday on a fire near Seeley Lake.

The Granite County Sheriff's Office confirms evacuations have been ordered for homes in the Brewster Creek area due to activity from a lightning-sparked 800-acre fire

A man with a Bobcat construction vehicle accidentally damaged an above-ground propane tank in Seeley Lake on Saturday, leading to some evacuations in the western Montana town.

On paper, it may not look like much has changed at the Copper King Fire near Thompson Falls. The fire is still at around 27,000 acres and containment is still at 20 percent, but Fire information officer Dixie Dies says homeowners will likely be let back into the evacuation zones soon.