Missoula City Fire crews are waiting in line to receive specialized training to handle the challenge of fighting a fire on a train carrying crude oil from the Bakken formation.
Multiple agencies converged on the Missoula airport on Saturday morning, responding to a mock plane crash with a fire, and injuries ranging from minor to critical.
Incident Public Information Officer Forrest Merrill said the agencies, which included The Missoula Office of Emergency Services, airport emergency personnel, Missoula Rural and City Fire, ambulances from Missoula Emergency Services, and
A weary Missoula City Fire Chief Jason Diehl said Thursday evening that the fire at Vantage Villa apartments was one of the largest the city has seen in many years, so much so, that officials declared a general alarm just after arriving on scene.