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The 2017 fire season in Montana was exacerbated by drought conditions and as of September 7, 2017, there were 21 large, active fires that had consumed over 438,000 acres (177,000 ha). [1] By September 20, after rain and snow had significantly slowed most fire growth, the overall burned acreage in Montana was estimated at 1,295,959 acres ...
The Rice Ridge Fire was a wildfire that burned northeast of Seeley Lake in the Lolo National Forest in Montana in the United States.The fire, which was started by a lightning strike on July 24, 2017, became a megafire on September 3, growing from 40,000 acres (162 km 2) to over 100,000 acres (405 km 2), at which time it became the nation’s top wildfire priority as of early September 2017.
The Caribou Fire (also known as the Linklater Fire) was a wildfire in the Kootenai National Forest, 21 miles northwest of Eureka, Montana in the United States.The fire, which was first reported on August 11, 2017, was started by a lightning strike and burned a total of 24,753 acres (100 km 2), including 2,761 acres (11 km 2) acres in Canada.
The Lolo Peak Fire was a wildfire in Lolo National Forest and Bitterroot National Forest, Montana in the United States, that began by lightning strikes on the western flank of Lolo Peak, 10 miles southwest of Lolo, Montana on July 15, 2017. The fire burned a total of 53,902 acres (218 km 2).
A wildfire bore down on rural southeastern Montana towns Thursday as continuing hot, dry weather throughout the West drove flames through more than a dozen states. Several thousand people remained ...
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The Sprague Fire was a wildfire in Glacier National Park in Montana. It was first reported on August 10, 2017, around 8:30 pm after being caused by a lightning storm. It was first reported on August 10, 2017, around 8:30 pm after being caused by a lightning storm.
The Lodgepole Complex Fire in Montana was the state's and the nation's largest fire of the 2017 wildfire season as of early September, 2017. [2] It burned on public and private land 52 miles WNW of Jordan and was caused by lightning on July 19. A mix of grassland and pine forest was involved.