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The 2024 Montana wildfire season was a series of wildfires that burned throughout the U.S. state of ... Line Creek Powder River: 2,496: July 12: August 14: Lightning ...
Line Creek Montana, Wyoming: Powder River (MT), Campbell (WY) 2,496 July 12 August 14 2024 Wyoming wildfires – Estimated damage costs over $200,000. [3] McGhee Montana: Rosebud: 19,223 July 12 September 4 [3] Prairie Montana: Rosebud: 6,540 July 12 unknown [3] Deadman Montana: Rosebud, Big Horn: 19,983 July 12 unknown Estimated damage costs ...
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 ...
Sep. 12—Grease accumulation caused a large fire to raze the Wolf Lodge Steakhouse near Coeur d'Alene on Sept. 2, officials determined Thursday. A breached pipe above the kitchen's grill allowed ...
R. Wagner (Wag) Dodge, Missoula SJ foreman, age 33 at the time of the fire. Dodge died five years after the fire from Hodgkin lymphoma. Walter B. Rumsey, age 21 at time of the fire, from Larned, Kansas. Rumsey died in an airplane crash in 1980, age 52. Robert W. Sallee, youngest man on the crew, age 17 at time of the fire, from Willow Creek ...
The fire had burned over 30,000 acres (121 km 2) by Sunday. [19] Evacuation orders were lifted for select areas around Highway 12 on August 21. [20] Shots were fired in the vicinity of the fire, in the Mill Creek area, on August 23 and all fire fighting activities were ceased.
A new report sheds light on decisions made by the U.S. Forest Service in attempting to put out the Cedar Creek Fire when it was small.
Initially reported on August 10, 2017, on the north side of Sprague Creek, 9 mi (14 km) northeast of West Glacier, Montana, by August 15, 2017, the fire was estimated to be 100 acres (40 ha) in size and situated in steep terrain.