Woods Creek Fire

The 150,000-acre Richard Spring Fire burning south of Colstrip across the Northern Cheyenne reservation is 15 percent contained as of Wednesday afternoon. Evacuations are in place for Ashland, Lame Deer, North Tongue River, Highway 212, Rabbit Town, St. Labre campus and the Amish community.

According to the Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest, the Meagher County Sheriff’s Office has issued an evacuation order for the Woods Creek area. The evacuation orders are for Gipsy Creek to Big Birch Creek.

The Broadwater County Sheriff issued a mandatory evacuation Friday night near the Woods Creek Fire for east of Highway 284, everything from Gravely Lane south through Dry Gulch. The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Division of Fire says an evacuation order has been issued to homes below a fire near Highway 35, about eight miles east of Polson.

The Broadwater County Sheriff has issued a mandatory evacuation order for people living near the Woods Creek Fire burning near Boulder Lakes in the Big Belt Mountains. The Sanders County Sheriff Tuesday evening issued evacuation orders for the northeast side of the power lines in Ashley due to the Thorne Creek Fire burning roughly 6 miles northeast of Thompson Falls.

The Kootenai National Forest says evacuations are underway in Lincoln County where the South Yaak Fire has spread northward. In Broadwater County, the Sheriff's Department has issued a pre-evacuation warning west of White Sulphur Springs due to the Woods Creek Fire.