UPDATE - Monday, May 12, 4:00 p.m.
The Missoula County Coroner has released the name of the woman killed in a house fire on Sunday night as Karen Louis Miller, 68, of Missoula.
Three western Montana fire agencies held a practice burn in Missoula on Saturday, March 22, to provide a training opportunity for both volunteer and career firefighters.
Because of improvements in the staffing and scheduling at the Missoula Rural Fire Department, home insurance rates have been lowered on homes within five miles of a fire station, and 1,000 feet from a fire hydrant.
Both the Missoula City and Missoula Rural Fire Departments responded to a structure fire that was reported to 9-1-1 at about 4:30 a.m. Friday, December 20, at Sparr's Towing, at West Central and Johnson Streets.
Missoula Rural Fire responded to a structure fire at 6005 MacClay Road in Lolo early Wednesday morning, December 11, that apparently started in the garage and spread to the home itself.