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Montana Daily Dispatch News

• Winds push fire to edge of Flathead Lake, force evacuations August 2, 2021
  PHOTO: Heavy winds Saturday night pushed a wildfire across Highway 35 to the shore of Flathead Lake, triggering predawn evacuations Sunday of cabins along Finley Point. The Boulder 2700 Fire has burned about 1,100 acres along the lake east of Polson. The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation listed it as human-caused on Sunday. […]
• One charged with arson for starting fire east of Lodge Grass August 1, 2021
  PHOTOS: An individual has been charged with arson for intentionally setting a fire that burned a shed and threatened multiple structures and homes. The Exit 530 Fire burned a shed in an open field Saturday evening just east of Lodge Grass the BIA Forestry & Wildland Fire Management Crow Agency reported. - PUB DATE: 8/1/2021 […]
• Boulder Fire hops highway overnight; up to 20 structures lost August 1, 2021
  A wildfire in the Mission Mountains east of Flathead Lake spread overnight Saturday, destroying up to 20 structures and forcing mandatory evacuations of the Skidoo Lane area and Finley Point. According to C.T. Camel, information officer for the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes' Division of Fire, initial estimations put the number of structures lost in […]
• Harris Mountain Fire update August 1, 2021
  PHOTOS: The Harris Mountain Fire (Inciweb) has burned an estimated 27,333 acres as Sunday morning (August 1), and is about 18% contained. The fire was sparked by lightning on Friday, July 23, and is about seven to ten miles south/southeast of the town of Cascade. As of Sunday, there have been no reported injuries and […]