wildfire

The wildfire burning south of Red Lodge, Montana is being called the Robertson Draw fire and as of Wednesday at 1pm is over 21,000 acres.

Bottom line up front: "There are still no plans to evacuate the city of Red Lodge." -US Forest Service Public Information Officer Billy Chapman.

A wildfire is burning between the Lewis & Clark Caverns and Three Forks and is approximately 240 acres as of Thursday morning. Crews are currently on scene and battling the fire from the ground and the air.

At the time of Saturday afternoon's request, the had burned over the Hanna water treatment plant and destroyed one fire engine.

As of Saturday evening, the fire was estimated at 300 acres.

Fire officials were alerted to the fire in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest on Tuesday morning.

This fire is in steep terrain and is currently about 130 acres in size. It's a wildfire, not a prescribed burn located north of the Ruby Valley.

An investigation of the human-caused fire at the North Entrance of Yellowstone National Park resulted in a suspect who was charged for discarding a lit cigarette in a hazardous manner.

The Howe Ride Fire in Glacier National Park has grown to over 2,600 acres.

It all started at approximately 2:30pm on July 15th, 2017 south of Lolo, Montana as lightning induced wildfire. 3 months later, the Forest Service issued their last update on this summer monster.

Although there are still several "active incidents" on the Montana wildfire roster, the snow that we've received in September has drastically improved conditions. It might be the most welcome snow we've ever seen.

A wildfire broke out in the Fleshman Creek / O'Rea Creek area this afternoon.