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A fire that burned red hot at the base of the Billings Rimrocks was extinguished Thursday.  The first calls came in just after 5 p.m., reporting that a brush fire had broken out in the area near Radcliffe Dr. and Rugby Dr. North of Rimrock Road...

Containment was reached late Tuesday on a grass fire in Roundup.  The fire that began around a pump house Tuesday afternoon, and burned at least 16 acres before firefighters contained it early last night, according to Musselshell County Disaster and Emergency Services Coordinator Adam Carlson, who said they’re unsure, at this time, what caused the blaze...

Fire season is well underway in the Bitterroot National Forest where crews are working to take down two fires that were detected over the past few days.

Missoula Fire crews were called out to a blaze at the Travelers Inn motel off of North Reserve Street Early Friday morning. Fire chief Jeff Brandt says the fire was called in at around 5:20 a.m.

First Interstate Bank on Main Street was evacuated Tuesday morning for a fire in the building’s basement.  Billings Fire Department Assistant Chief Bill Rash said that after the initial call at 11:30 a.m., first responders found smoke and flames in the lower level...

After an exhaustive investigation into a fire that destroyed a Billings car dealer and repair shop in early January, its cause remains undetermined, according to the Billings Fire Department.  The fire and subsequent investigation at JR’s Repair and Import Sales on January 3rd were impeded by weather, including subzero temperatures...

Ravalli County has faced many extreme wildfires in summer months, but County Sheriff Steve Holton says the fire problem now is beginning in people’s homes.

Billings first responders battled fire and ice this morning as a local car dealership repair shop blaze raged in subzero temperatures.  The Billings Fire Department responded to the call at approximately 2:35am in the 2100 block of Lampman Drive to JR’s Repair and Import Sales...

Firefighters were busy early Thursday Morning after 911 calls came in, reporting that there were fires on both sides of the highway south of Lolo.

45 homes have been evacuated near the expanding Copper King Fire by Thompson Falls, but a new weather system has made firefighting easier. Fire Information Officer Tom Rhode says that cooler temperatures have helped the new type one management team lay down a lot of new fire line.