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The Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest and other agencies fought one of the first Montana forest fires of the year this weekend.   The 105-acre Bear Trap Fire at the confluence of the Madison River and Bear Trap Creek was started by an escaped campfire Saturday. ...

If you notice more smoke in the air this week, it's likely because March 1, is the beginning of burn season.

Authorities say the body of a resident has been found in an apartment at a Whitefish nursing home after a fire on Christmas Eve. Whitefish Fire Captain Justin Woods says that fire fighters responded to an automatic fire alarm at Mountain View Manor about 7:30 p.m. and found smoke coming out from under the door of one of the apartments.

Ada County officials say an explosion rocked a Meridian recreational vehicle park, two fifth-wheel trailers were destroyed and a man was hospitalized with serious injuries. The explosion was reported at about 3:30 a.m. Thursday at the Boise-Meridian RV Resort...

A fire that started during a middle school girls' basketball game at Joliet High School damaged the building and forced the evacuation of about 75 people at the game.

The Trischman Fire in Yellowstone National Park’s south central region was declared 100 percent contained today. Park spokesman Al Nash says  the fire was discovered over the weekend, south-west of  Old Faithful. Nash says there are several fires that are actively burning in the park, the largest being the point fire at 11-hundred acres in size...

The Saddle Complex started out as two fires the Saddle Fire, which started on August 10, and the Stud Fire, which started on August 14. They initially flared up during an unexpected wind event on August 18, growing to about 500 acres. Another wind event on August 22 caused the fires to join and go on a 17,000 acre run during the afternoon, moving onto the Bitterroot National Forest...

On Tuesday afternoon a fire was reported in the Bob Marshall Wilderness on the north side of Big Salmon Lake . On Wednesday 730 acres were affected.  As of Thursday afternoon the fire was  estimated at 2,000 acres and growing. District Ranger Deb Mucklow says this  fire has a high potential for growth...

Just before eight o'clock Sunday evening a fire broke out at The Missoula County Fairgrounds. Missoula Sheriff's Department Information Officer Jason Johnson was at the fairgrounds and describes the location of the fire.

Retardant drops from Single Engine Air Tankers (SEATS) were effective late Monday afternoon in preventing significant growth on the Ambrose Saddle Fire about 12 miles east of Stevensville on the Lolo National Forest. Public Affairs Officer for the Lolo National Forest, Boyd Hartwig says suppression efforts on the leading edge of the fire were successful in keeping the fire from growing well beyond