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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.
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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
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The National Interagency Fire Center Tuesday raised the national wildland fire preparedness to Level 4 on a 5-point rating.
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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
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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...
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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.
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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…
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Fire experts are predicting a slower-than-normal start to wildfire season in Montana this year, according to a Northern Rockies fire season outlook...