An update on three major wildfires in Montana kxlh.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kxlh.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Montana Wildfire Update For June 17, 2021 mtpr.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mtpr.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
A fire in the Pryor Mountains reported at around 7 p.m. on Tuesday was estimated Wednesday afternoon to be 5,000 acres in size.
Named the Crooked Creek Fire, the blaze is burning near Big Ice Cave on Big Pryor Mountain, south of the town Pryor and just north of the Wyoming state line. The fire is along the Carbon and Big Horn county border on National Forest lands.
Wednesday morning the fire had been reported to be 500 acres in size.
Al Nash, chief of communications for the Montana Dakotas State Office of the Bureau of Land Management, attributed much of the increased size to a better estimate.Â
Fire near Red Lodge being investigated as human-caused helenair.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from helenair.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.