July 2, 2024 Update
A wildfire north of Billings near Alkali Creek road reached 100 percent containment Tuesday morning according to a Facebook post from Yellowstone County Emergency Services.
On Monday, Yellowstone County Director of Emergency Services KC Williams said that responders stopped the forward movement of the fire Saturday and worked around the clock to secure the perimeter.
“Most of it is patrolling the established fire lines, making sure that as many of the hot spots that are close to the line are extinguished, completely dead out, and then they work their way from the line towards the center to try to get all of the hot spots out so we don’t have embers flying and things like that,” Williams said.
Williams said Saturday conditions included high winds and warm and dry weather and that humid conditions and lower wind Monday assisted responders’ efforts.
