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States send crews to fight Montana fire by The Associated Press | Today at 3:18 a.m. Fire retardant coats rocks in a field damaged by the Bootleg Fire, Thursday, July 22, 2021, near Bly, Ore. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard) BLY, Ore. -- Out-of-state crews headed to Montana on Saturday to battle a blaze that injured five firefighters as the West struggled with a series of fires that have ravaged rural lands and destroyed homes. Progress was being made on the nations largest blaze, the Bootleg Fire in O...

5 firefighters injured while fighting Montana wildfire Associated Press Share This CNN file photo HELENA, Montana (AP) — Five firefighters were injured when a thunderstorm and swirling winds in central Montana blew a lightning-caused wildfire back on them, federal officials said Friday. The Bureau of Land Management did not release the extent of the firefighters’ injuries or say where they were being treated. They had joined other crews working on the 375-acre (152-hectare) Devil’s Creek...

Crews make progress on huge Oregon blaze The fire, which was ignited by lightning, had been expanding by up to 4 miles a day, pushed by strong winds and critically dry weather Author: In this photo provided by the Bootleg Fire Incident Command, the Bootleg Fire burns in the background behind the Sycan Marsh in southern Oregon on Saturday, July 17, 2021. The destructive Bootleg Fire, one of the largest in modern Oregon history, has already burned more than 476 square miles, an area about the siz...

By Press Association 2021 A small brush fire spreads ahead of a containment line near the Northwest edge of the Bootleg Fire in Oregon Out-of-state crews have headed to Montana to battle a blaze that injured five firefighters as the western US struggled with a series of fires that ravaged rural lands and destroyed homes. Progress was being made on the nation’s largest blaze, the Bootleg Fire in Oregon, but less than half of it had been c...

Five firefighters injured while fighting Montana wildfire The Associated PressJuly 23, 2021News Mark Jacobsen/Bureau of Land Management via APn this photo provided by the Bureau of Land Management, a helicopter works above the Devils Creek Fire in central Montana on Thursday, July 22, 2021. Five firefighters were injured when a thunderstorm and swirling winds in central Montana blew a lightning-caused wildfire back on them, federal officials said Friday, July 23, 2021. HELENA, Mont. (AP) — F...

Wildfires blasting through West draw states to lend support NATHAN HOWARD, Associated Press FacebookTwitterEmail 38 1of38Marcus Kauffman, public information officer with the Bootleg Fire, walks through burn damage near the Northwest containment line on Friday, July 23, 2021, near Paisley, Ore.Nathan Howard/APShow MoreShow Less 2of38A sign damaged by the Bootleg Fire stands among the haze on Thursday, July 22, 2021, near Paisley, Ore.Nathan Howard/APShow MoreShow Less 3of38 4of38Say...

Ag Briefs: 10% of  U.S. experiencing drought, highest in decade Wisconsin State Farmer 10% of  U.S. experiencing drought, highest in decade The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows nearly 10% of the contiguous U.S. is now under an "exceptional drought," which is the highest the rate has been since 2011.  Farm Journal reports that California, Oregon, Utah and Nevada are entirely under drought conditions. And with a dome of heat hanging over much of the country this week, it could make drou...

MERRILL, Wis. – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is assisting with the investigation of a manure spill that occurred at a

MERRILL, WI (WSAU) -- The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has announced they are investigating and a...