Frenchtown Fire

An unidentified Alberton woman may owe her life to a passing motorist who saw a modular home on fire, called 9-1-1, jumped a fence and brought the woman outside to safety.

Traffic accidents are on the increase in western Montana as wildlife are being struck by vehicles as they cross state and interstate highways.

A human-caused fire broke out at a residence on Mullan Road between Frenchtown and Missoula that was quickly knocked down by crews from Frenchtown Fire.

An unidentified male drowned in the Clark Fork River near the Alberton Gorge when a large group of canoes capsized. The male's name, age and hometown were not released.

Frenchtown Fire crews staged a rescue operation near the Alberton Gorge on the Clark Fork River Sunday afternoon, when a large party of canoeists capsized, however one male drowned in the incident.

The DNRC has raised the fire danger level in western Montana to extreme, due to blistering hot weather and dry conditions.

First responders from the Forest Service, DNRC, and Frenchtown Rural Fire District were called up around 7:30 this morning after a homeowner in the Lackman Loop area reported hearing an explosion and seeing a fire start in the woods near his home.

An early morning house fire in Alberton was caught by strong winds and spread up a mountainside near the Alberton School, causing the superintendent to shut down the school for the day.

Frenchtown Fire has received a a grant from the American Heart Association to purchase life-saving equipment to care for heart attack patients in rural western Montana.

An unidentified worker was injured early Monday morning by a small chemical explosion at the former Smurfit-Stone facility in Frenchtown.