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Montana Daily Dispatch News

• Crews fight house fire near Belt July 20, 2018
  Emergency crews are battling a house fire near Belt. The fire was reported at about 8 p.m. on Thursday. The house is along or near Red Coulee Road several miles north of Belt. Firefighters from several departments are at the scene, including Belt Rural, Sand Coulee, and Malmstrom Air Force Base. NorthWestern Energy is also […]
• Norris temporarily evacuated for hazmat incident July 20, 2018
  Evacuation orders in a small southwest Montana town have been lifted after the cleanup of potentially explosive chemicals. Norris, located about 35 miles west of Bozeman, was temporarily evacuated after Environmental Protection Agency officials say hazardous chemicals posed a threat to the public. The Madison County Sheriff's Office briefly shut down roads leading to Norris […]
• Crews attack fires near Libby July 19, 2018
  A wildfire 4 miles northwest of Libby reached 30 acres in less than three hours Thursday afternoon, potentially threatening power transmission lines and requiring the precautionary deployment of a specially trained and equipped firefighting team as the fire moved to within 1.5 miles of a former vermiculite mine. - PUB DATE: 7/19/2018 4:52:00 PM - […]
• Reynolds Lake Fire on Montana-Idaho border grows to over 1,000 acres July 19, 2018
  Strong winds pushed a fire burning in Ravalli County along the Montana-Idaho border to over 1,000 acres Wednesday. “We are in full-on suppression on this fire,” said Bitterroot National Forest spokesperson Tod McKay. “We are throwing everything we have at it.” There are currently 80 firefighters, including two Hotshot crews and three helicopters, assigned to […]