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800 Lightning Strikes Spark 30 New Fires in Lolo National Forest
Public Information Officer Kate Jerman provided details to KGVO News on Thursday morning.
“We had a large thunderstorm track west to east across the majority of the Lolo National Forest and that started early Wednesday morning and we received an estimated 800 lightning strikes across the forest,” said Jerman. “Primarily the concentration of those lightning strikes occurred on the western part of the Lolo National Forest, which is the Superior Ranger District and the Plains and Thompson Falls Ranger District.”
Jerman said the lightning strikes did produce numerous fires.
“As a result of that thunderstorm that tracked across the forest, at this point we have over 30 confirmed fires on the Lolo National Forest, which we are actively responding to on multiple fire fronts with multiple different types of firefighting resources,” she said.
Type 1 management team takes over at West Lolo Complex fires
A total estimated 220 acres have burned so far and 140 people have been assigned to the West Lolo Complex wildfires.
By: MTN News
and last updated 2021-07-09 19:42:03-04
A Northern Rockies Incident Management Team 1 has taken over command of what is now being called the West Lolo Complex wildfires.
The team took over command of the wildfires that are burning on the Superior and Plains-Thompson Falls Ranger Districts at 6 a.m. Friday.
Several wildfires were sparked by thunderstorms that rolled over the area on Wednesday.
MTN News
A total estimated 220 acres have burned so far and 140 people have been assigned to the West Lolo Complex.
800 Lightning Strikes Spark 30 New Fires in Lolo National Forest
Public Information Officer Kate Jerman provided details to KGVO News on Thursday morning.
“We had a large thunderstorm track west to east across the majority of the Lolo National Forest and that started early Wednesday morning and we received an estimated 800 lightning strikes across the forest,” said Jerman. “Primarily the concentration of those lightning strikes occurred on the western part of the Lolo National Forest, which is the Superior Ranger District and the Plains and Thompson Falls Ranger District.”
Jerman said the lightning strikes did produce numerous fires.
“As a result of that thunderstorm that tracked across the forest, at this point we have over 30 confirmed fires on the Lolo National Forest, which we are actively responding to on multiple fire fronts with multiple different types of firefighting resources,” she said.
Updated 4:50 p.m., July 08, 2021.
A series of thunderstorms rumbled across western Montana’s Lolo National Forest Wednesday, where officials recorded over 800 lightning strikes. Firefighters are now working to suppress at least 30 new wildfires on multiple fronts.
The Lolo National Forest’s western-most portion, including the Superior and Plains-Thompson Falls Ranger Districts bore the brunt of Wednesday’s storms. Smoke from some of these fires burning near Superior and St. Regis are clearly visible from nearby Interstate 90.
Lolo National Forest Supervisor Carolyn Upton
“We have fire in proximity to some communities, but there are no immediate threats. We don’t have any evacuations right now. We are actively suppressing many fires in the area and accessing situations as they become known to us,” Upton says.