Missoula Rural Fire

It took a Missoula Rural Fire crew over an hour on Monday to rescue a stray cat that had lodged itself inside the engine compartment of a vehicle.

Captain Ballard also emphasized the importance of smoke and carbon monoxide detectors for any dwelling.

Missoula Rural Fire Battalion Chief said that the most basic advice is often the most important.

Missoula County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a disturbance between a male and female.

Assistant Chief of Operations with Missoula Rural Fire Paul Finlay has details.

A 16 year-old Hellgate High School student celebrated his birthday Friday night by single handedly rescuing a man from a burning vehicle near his home by pulling the driver out through his side window to safety.

Missoula Search and Rescue along with Missoula Rural Fire crews recovered the body of a man from the Clark Fork River on Thursday afternoon.

Missoula Rural Fire, as well as several other agencies are responding to the scene at the Axmen Recycling where anywhere from 50 to more than 100 vehicles are ablaze, causing thick black smoke to rise into the air near the Wye.

Just after 9:00 a.m. on Thursday, Missoula Rural Fire crews were called out to a structure fire at a residence in Lolo. Assistant Fire Chief Brent Christofferson has details.

Crews from Missoula Rural Fire and the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation were called out to a grass fire near the tree line up Pattee Canyon early Thursday afternoon.