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Firefighters and other first responders have been working day and night for two days since a lightning strike caused the Gibraltar Ridge fire to flare up Monday night.

Residents near Eureka were evacuated in the middle of the night Monday as the lightning sparked Gibraltar Ridge Fire roared to over 800 acres.

The evacuation status has changed for a number of homes that are in the vicinity of the Sapphire Complex burning east of Missoula near Rock Creek.

The Rice Ridge Fire burning near the town of Seeley Lake is getting an influx of resources after it was placed at the top of the priority list by the National Interagency Fire Center.

Sheriff’s deputies were going door-to-door in an area near Seeley Lake today, August 1, issuing evacuation warnings because of the Rice Ridge Fire.

Fires have ravaged thousands of acres of forest around the town of Lincoln, but many locals say that the fires didn’t have to happen.

Governor Steve Bullock issued an executive order declaring a fire emergency in Montana on Sunday, and KTVQ.com reports the Lodgepole Complex fires, which consist of four fires burning in eastern Montana, have burned 12 homes and an estimated 226,000 acres...

A network of five fires north of Thompson falls Near Highway 2 is currently being fought by over 200 firefighters.

Despite a ton of precipitation pouring into western Montana during winter and spring, Missoula County Fire Protection Association spokesman Jordan Koppen says the area has finally dried up.

Multiple first responder units from the area attempted to assist in getting an apartment complex fire along Rimrock Road and Zimmerman Trail under control on Sunday afternoon.  Shortly after 4 p.m. Sunday, firefighters were dispatched to the area for a report of a grass fire that extended to engulf the Westridge Apartment complex as reported by KTVQ...