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Evacuations ordered after 3 wildfires start near Huntley
MTN
and last updated 2021-07-16 22:04:24-04
The wildfire season is exploding Friday night near Huntley Project as three fires have started and all are said to be very active and intense.
Fire crews and Yellowstone County sheriff s deputies are on scene and door-to-door evacuations have started up near the areas of Pryor Creek, Indian Creek and Arrow Creek.
The exact location of those evacuations are not yet known.and how many acres have been burned is not yet known.
Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder asks that the public stay clear of the area as crews try to contain the blazes.
High Wind Watch from THU 3:00 PM MDT until FRI 3:00 AM MDT
Weather Alert
.RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM MDT
THURSDAY. IMPACTS: Low humidities, hot temperatures, unseasonably warm
temperatures, strong gusty winds, wind shift with a cold front
will create erratic fire behavior. AFFECTED AREA:
In North Central WY Fire Zone.274.
In South Central MT Fire Zones.127.128.129.
In Southeast MT Fire Zones.130.131.132.
In Southeast MT and Northwest SD Fire Zone.133. COUNTIES AFFECTED:
In Central MT.Golden Valley.Musselshell.
In North Central WY.Sheridan.
In Northwest SD.Harding.
In South Central MT.Big Horn.Carbon.Yellowstone.
In Southeast MT.Carter.Custer.Fallon.Powder River
BILLINGS - Brian Dean Prettyweasel, a man who was at the center of a manhunt in Billings in 2020, is back in custody at the Yellowstone County Detention Facility after allegedly committing another crime.
Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder says Prettyweasel was involved in a pursuit that started out as a call for suspicious activity just before 9 a.m. on Thursday. Linder says when a deputy responded to the are of Huntington Hills area near Highway 87 East, two vehicles on a property fled and the pursuit began. Linder says one vehicle got away, but the deputy was able to follow the second vehicle as it fled towards Pryor. During the pursuit, the vehicle crashed into another car in a yard at a residence in Pryor and the suspect fled on foot.Â
BILLINGS - Yellowstone County Sheriff Mike Linder identifies the body found in a silver van abandoned after a pursuit on Friday as 33-year-old Dennis Gresham of Sheridan, Wyoming.