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BILLINGS, Montana (AP) — Four firefighters have been released from the hospital and a fifth was being treated at a burn center Monday after a Montana wildfire overran them last week, authorities said. The five firefighters were injured when swirling winds blew a lightning-caused wildfire back on them Thursday. They had been trying to build a defensive line to stop the blaze in the Devils Creek area of Garfield County in central Montana. The firefighter still being treated — a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service employee — suffered the most injuries of the agency personnel involved b...

Montana issues air quality warning due to wildfire smoke REUTERS By Steve Almasy and Dave Alsup, CNN Smoke from the Western wildfires has prompted officials in Montana to issue air quality warnings in a dozen counties. “Air quality across the state ranges from MODERATE to UNHEALTHY, with the worst air quality concentrations occurring in the southern half of the state, south of the I-90 corridor. Air quality has worsened this morning, and will likely continue to worsen through Tuesday,” Montana Department of Environmental Quality announced in a news release. The department issued an air qu...

.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... A helicopter works above the Devil’s Creek Fire in central Montana on Thursday. Five firefighters were injured Friday when a thunderstorm and swirling winds blew a lightning-caused fire back on them, according to federal officials. (Mark Jacobsen/Bureau of Land Management) BILLINGS, Montana – Four firefighters, including two from New Mexico, have been released from the hospital and a fifth was ...

Updated July 25, 2021 at 12:28 AM ET Out-of-state crews are headed to Montana to help fight massive fires there as the western part of the country continues to be ravaged by flames and drought. Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Friday that crews from Utah and California — two states dealing with their own fires — were arriving over the weekend to help battle blazes that had become increasingly worrisome. Fire officials from Montana's Department of Natural Resources and Conservation said on Wednesday that the over 6,800-acre Alder Creek Fire in the southwestern part of the state was the nation...

Friday Night Was Worst Air Quality Yet In Bitterroot As the Storm Creek Fire jumped in size about 1,000 acres Friday, the resulting smoke flowed into the middle of the Bitterroot Valley, causing the Hamilton Air Monitor to dip down into the "Unhealthy" level for most of the night until early Saturday morning, July 24. Then, the levels quickly moved back into the "Unhealthy for Sensitive Groups" and "Moderate." The Storm Creek Fire is the main source of wildfire smoke this week and is now estimated at 6,183 acres, according to Saturday's report from the Bitterroot National Forest. The Selway-B...