Fire

The first official fire forecast for 2013 has been released and if the predictions are accurate, the year will likely play out very similarly to 2012.

In a special news release from Ravalli County Sheriff Chris Hoffman, residents in the Bitterroot valley are being asked to not burn on Saturday, April 27.

According to Sergeant Scott Pastian of the Missoula Police Department, authorities are looking for a suspect in an attempted arson that occurred early Wednesday morning, April 24.

The fire that burned a portion of the Missoula Senior Center on Friday, April 12, as well as the fire at the Boone and Crockett Club the same day, have been deemed to be caused by arson. The Missoula Police Department is in search of information on the suspect and the people with him, all three of which were captured by surveillance cameras.

A fire broke out at around 6:18 this morning, April 5, at the Missoula Senior Citizens Center.

Missoula Rural Fire responded late Wednesday afternoon to a structure fire in Bonner-Milltown that heavily damaged two adjacent homes.

A controlled burn quickly went out of control near Corvallis Hills Estate late Wednesday afternoon, leading to the evacuations of several homes in the area, and three different fire departments called in to battle the blaze, which was reported at about 4:30 p.m.

Three Mile and Stevensville Fire District equipment and personnel were called early Tuesday morning to a structure fire in which a garage, shop and several vehicles were destroyed.

Missoula City Fire will be conducting a controlled burn training exercise on Wednesday at 1625 South 7th Street starting at about 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in cooperation with Habitat for Humanity.

A structure fire at 2715 Schilling Sunday morning resulted in an injury to a Missoula city fireman.

Missoula Fire Department battled two weekend fires.

Early Thursday morning, Missoula city fire crews battled a blaze in a parking structure on 34th street. Now, arson is suspected as the cause.