Fire

This time of year, it usually isn't very hard to start a campfire. Almost everything is dry and easily ready to burn. But, I somehow can always figure out a way to fail at making a proper campfire. You can give me everything short of gasoline and a blowtorch, and I will manage to take forever to get a fire started...

With the east flank of the Observation Point fire held, firefighters are preparing to push against the fire's western edge in an area filled with steep, dangerous terrain.

Fire fully engulfed a garage on Parkview Way in Missoula this afternoon, June 3, sending plumes of black smoke over the South Hills.

The Mission Mountain Mercantile in Condon burned to the ground early Wednesday morning as a fire swept through the building consuming it completely.

Montana may experience some fire season relief this summer. Fire weather meteorologist Bryan Henry with the Northern Rockies Coordination Center says nearly all the evidence points to an average year.

Missoula Rural Firefighters were busy this morning when a fifth-wheel caught fire in Lolo.

A fire at Jakers this morning, February 24, caused the southbound lane of Brooks and some side streets to be blocked off.

Michelle Dobyne has become the latest internet sensation.

A Sunday morning fire at an apartment complex on S.O.S. road near Seeley Lake has led to an arson investigation.

The Missoula Fire Department responded to early morning reports of flames and smoke coming from a dryer located in the utility room of a 5-plex apartment building located at Pattee Creek Dr.

Flathead County officials say a young child died in a motor home fire southwest of Kalispell.

Montana offers some of the most beautiful scenery the United States has to offer. For those who choose to live outside the cities and surround themselves with picturesque views of nature, they often fail to consider the threat of wildfires...