UPDATE: JULY 5 AT 8:15 P.M.
According to Rosebud County Disaster and Emergency Services, the 37-acres Coal Fire five miles north of Colstrip is 100% contained.
The one acre McGilvrey - Rosebud Fire and the 1.3 acre Valdez-Rosebud Fire near Colstrip are reportedly also 100% contained.Â
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UPDATE: JULY 5 AT 7:47 A.M.
The fire in Colstrip was caused by lightening, according to a Facebook post from the the Rosebud County Sheriff s office.
The size of the fire is 37 acres according to the Environmental Systems Research Institute.
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COLSTRIP, Mont. - The Rosebud County Sheriffâs Office said county dispatch is aware of a fire north of Colstrip.
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
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