National Interagency Fire Center

The National Interagency Fire Center reported 8 new fire starts in Montana Sunday that launched light initial attacks by federal, state and local firefighting resources. Two of the fires were out or contained by Sunday night.

The National Interagency Fire Center Tuesday bumped the national preparedness level up a notch to its next-to-highest rating. The agency says this is the second earliest it reached that level on the 1-5 scale since 1990. It's also only the fourth time in the last 20 years to reach that level in June

The National Interagency Fire Center Tuesday raised the national wildland fire preparedness to Level 4 on a 5-point rating.

Updated 5 p.m.

Fire experts say the potential for significant wildland fires west of the Divide is normal for now but will grow and spread into tinder-dry eastern Montana later this summer, according to the Northern Rockies fire season outlook released this week

A wildfire that has blackened the base of Mount Sentinel east of the University of Montana is now 75 percent contained, according to a 9 p.m. update...

HELENA, Mont. — Jon Paul was leery entering his first wildfire camp of the year late last month to fight three lightning caused fires scorching parts of a Northern California forest that hadn’t burned in 40 years.

This past weekend saw record warm temperatures and gusty winds, a recipe for wildfire. Unusual as it sounds, winter wildfires are not common but not…

Fire experts are predicting a slower-than-normal start to wildfire season in Montana this year, according to a Northern Rockies fire season outlook...