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• Evacuation of Red Lodge unlikely even as fire grows to 21,000 acres overnight June 16, 2021
  VIDEO: The Robertson Draw fire burning south of Red Lodge grew to 21,000 acres overnight, according to Custer Gallatin National Forest officials. After evacuations were ordered in areas around Red Lodge about 4 p.m. Tuesday evening, fire officials feared the approaching blaze could force the evacuation of the resort town, bustling this time of year […]
• Wind-whipped Montana fires burn structures, spur evacuations June 16, 2021
  PHOTO: Wildfires burning in Montana have exploded in size, triggering evacuations and destroying an unknown number of homes as furious winds stoked the blazes and caused a fire helicopter to crash land, officials said Wednesday. In the Big Belt Mountains east of Townsend, firefighters pulled back from a fire burning in a heavily-timbered canyon and […]
• Obituary: Clyde B. Showen, Great Falls Fire Department retiree June 16, 2021
  During the evening of June 8, 2021, the community of Great Falls lost an authentic America hero, one who touched a great many lives over the course of his 89 years. Clyde B. Showen - known by most as Bill - was born to Vera and Lyle Showen in Great Falls on Sept. 30, 1931. […]
• Fire near Townsend: Evacuations underway, fire helicopter goes down June 16, 2021
  PHOTO: All five crew members aboard a fire helicopter survived a crash landing Tuesday evening as residents between Townsend and White Sulphur Springs were being evacuated amid the Deep Creek Canyon fire that has burned over 2,000 acres. Trooper Amanda Villa of the Montana Highway Patrol said the helicopter from the Department of Natural Resources […]