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While the bulk of the region's fire resources are working the Colt fire northwest of Seeley Lake, several new fires were reported Tuesday morning north of Missoula.
Fire crews quickly jumped into action to battle the Big Knife Fire, which is in steep and rocky terrain.
Such blow-ups — the rapid spread of wildfire when flames are whipped through dense, dry fuels by strong and often erratic winds — are a marquee trait of the largest fires burning in western Montana so far this year.
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes Division of Fire reports the wildfire near Arlee is burning 50 acres.
While official estimates Monday afternoon put Big Knife at about 25 acres, firefighters on the scene Monday evening gauged it between 200 and 300 acres.