wildfires

The Pollux Fire is burning near the headwaters of the Lamar River.

Gallatin County Emergency Management has provided a list of resources to aid victims in their attempt to recover from this event.

Much of the Pacific Northwest has been covered in a blanket of smoke for over a month.

The fire began in the Lee Metcalf Wilderness area and has moved into the west end of Yellowstone National Park.

The Blacktail Fire in the Crazy Mountains has grown substantially since it started burning on Sunday.

Here's a list of fires currently burning in Montana and how big they are.

Fires have been causing quite the problem in Yellowstone this year. The South entrance near Jackson Hole has been closed, re-opened, and now it's closed again. Employees of the park have been advised to leave the area until further notice...

Fires continue to burn throughout Yellowstone National Park. The cooler weather over the holiday weekend helped to slow the progress of many of the fires. Typical fall weather conditions are predicted for the rest of the week with sunny, dry, breezy days and cool nights...

Being a firefighter is a tough job. I don't know from experience, and in all honesty, can't say that I'm cut out for it. From running into a burning house to save a family pet to standing at the front line of a blazing wildfire, our firefighters are putting their lives on the line almost every day that they go to work...

A landowner’s vehicle is being blamed for accidentally sparking the Cottonwood Gulch Fire over the weekend.

Luckily we have had a moderately wet Spring and Summer so far in Montana, but that does not mean fire risks are at zero percent. The key factors in any large wild fire are fuel, weather, topography, and the human variable. Every factor, besides weather can be controlled to some extent.

The website InciWeb has a live updating listing of wildfires and other fires. The website tells the size of fires and their locations. You can sort by the age of fires, active or inactive fires, and by fire types. As of writing this, there are a couple wildfires and a prescribed fire that are active in Montana...