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UPDATE: JULY 11 AT 4:37 P.M. Musselshell County DES reports that due to rapidly changing fire conditions with the Peterson Fire, evacuation notices have been issued. Evacuation notice has been issued for anyone living in the following areas: Anyone east of Queens Point road, south of Harvey Road, West of Melstone-Custer Road and north of Alkali Creek Road. A temporary shelter is being set up by the Red Cross at the Roundup Community Center. The hotline number is 1-800-272-3338 for more evacuati...

UPDATE: JULY 10 AT 2:48 P.M. Command of the Musselshell/Yellowstone Complex, which contains the Western Road Fire, the Peterson Fire and the Musselshell Trail Fire, has been assumed by the Thompson’s Northern Rockies Incident Management Team 7 Saturday morning. An update from the Northern Rockies Incident Management team says the team is working in coordinating with Montana DNRC, the Bureau of Land Management and Yellowstone County. As of Friday morning, the Western Road Fire is estimated ...

Multiple wildfires start southeast of Roundup Wildfires spark east of Roundup By: MTN News and last updated 2021-07-08 23:11:32-04 Update 9 p.m. - The Montana Red Cross has opened a shelter in Roundup for those displaced by wildfires. The shelter is at the Roundup Community Center, 700 Third St. W., and all are welcome. Families who need services should call the Montana Red Cross at 800-272-6668. (first report) Pre-evacuation orders have been issued in neighborhoods east of Rou...

Three wildfires southeast of Roundup Wildfires spark east of Roundup By: MTN News and last updated 2021-07-08 20:43:46-04 BILLINGS — Pre-evacuation orders have been issued in neighborhoods east of Roundup as several wildfires sparked Thursday afternoon. A large fast-moving fire at the end of Jeffery Mine Road is moving east/southeast toward the north portion of the Johnny Coal Subdivision. Code Red pre-evacuation notices have been issued in the potentially affected area, a...

  A temporary shelter has been set up by the Red Cross at the Roundup Community Center for those who have been evacuated. UPDATE: JULY 8 AT 4:30 P.M.     Earlier, potentially affected areas near the fire just off of Winchester Drive at the end of Jeffery Mine Road were given Code Red pre-evacuation notices.    DES says the fire is moving fast in a east to south east direction toward the north portion of the Johnny Coal Subdivision.   UPDATE: JULY 8 AT 4 P.M.       The...

CODE RED: Wildfires Reported Near Roundup, Subdivision Evacuated Several fires have been reported around Roundup, according to the Musselshell Country Department of Emergency Services, with one subdivision being voluntarily evacuated. According to the Musselshell County DES Facebook page, a "Code Red Alert" has been sent out for the Johnny Coal subdivision, where a "large fast moving fire" was reported off the end of Jeffrey Mine Road around 4pm today (Thursday 7/8). Musselshell County Sheriffs...