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The dry lightning that strode across western Montana Saturday night was bad enough, starting a line of fires from north of Dixon to Niarada. But when winds, reportedly gusting up to 40 mph, kicked up Sunday afternoon, fires that seemed manageable suddenly weren’t.

UPDATE, AUG. 3:

UPDATE, AUG. 3:

HELENA, Mont. - Fire crews are battling wildfires throughout western Montana amid hot and dry weather.

UPDATE, AUG. 2:

UPDATE, AUG. 2:

Fire managers with the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation said the human-caused North Lake Fire was sparked by equipment in a dry hayfield.

Wildfires sparked by a Sunday lightning storm expanded across the Flathead Indian Reservation. Extreme fire activity was observed Sunday with high gusting winds up to 35mph.

HELENA, Mont. - Fire crews are battling wildfires throughout western Montana amid hot and dry weather.

Resources are responding to five fires.