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The West Lolo Complex is a large wildfire complex currently burning near Plains, Montana. The fires started on July 8 by lightning. The fires started on July 8 by lightning. Started by lightning strikes, the fires have collectively burned 39,053 acres (15,804 ha) and is 15% percent contained as of August 5, 2021.
The Caribou Fire (also known as the Linklater Fire) was a wildfire in the Kootenai National Forest, 21 miles northwest of Eureka, Montana in the United States.The fire, which was first reported on August 11, 2017, was started by a lightning strike and burned a total of 24,753 acres (100 km 2), including 2,761 acres (11 km 2) acres in Canada.
The fire burned a total of 3,925 acres (16 km 2) and was one of three fires, alongside the Gibralter Fire and Caribou Fire, burning in the vicinity at the same time. July 30, 2022, another fire was also named the Weasel Fire. According to the Montana DNRC website the location is 48.976646977409395, -114.7491624746314, about 15 miles northeast ...
The Rice Ridge Fire was a wildfire that burned northeast of Seeley Lake in the Lolo National Forest in Montana in the United States.The fire, which was started by a lightning strike on July 24, 2017, became a megafire on September 3, growing from 40,000 acres (162 km 2) to over 100,000 acres (405 km 2), at which time it became the nation’s top wildfire priority as of early September 2017.
Wildfires in the United States articles (2024–present) 2024 , 2025 This is a list of wildfires across the United States during 2024, that have burned more than 1,000 acres (400 hectares), produced significant structural damage or casualties, or otherwise been notable.
The 2017 fire season in Montana was exacerbated by drought conditions and as of September 7, 2017, there were 21 large, active fires that had consumed over 438,000 acres (177,000 ha). [1] By September 20, after rain and snow had significantly slowed most fire growth, the overall burned acreage in Montana was estimated at 1,295,959 acres ...
2017 Montana wildfires: Montana: Contained by rain and snow by mid-September. 2017: 240,000 acres (97,000 ha) October 2017 Northern California wildfires: California: The October northern California wildfires were a large group of forest fires that killed 44 people and destroyed 8,900 structures. [78] 2017: 281,893 acres (114,078 ha) Thomas Fire ...
The Alice Fire was reported on July 22, 2017, at 6:37 PM, 16 miles northeast of Lincoln, Montana. The cause for the fire was a lightning strike. Upon its discovery, the fire had burned a mere 20 acres (0 km 2) [1] The fire grew slowly and by August 6, it was already 10% contained at 59 acres (0 km 2). Fire crews camped out near the fire due to ...