Evacuation Order Expands to More Neighborhoods in Path of Sand Creek Fire

Maverick Mountain faces Montana’s largest fire as August heats up

Red flag warnings, dry conditions amplify risks as 80 new wildfires start in last week. The post Maverick Mountain faces Montana’s largest fire as August heats up appeared first on Montana Free Press.

Evacuation order expands to more neighborhoods in path of Sand Creek fire

DILLON – The Sand Creek Fire is raging just two miles from Elkhorn Hot Springs and fire crews are working hard to try to save this structure.

Fire crews protect cabins from growing Sand Creek Fire after evacuation order

DILLON The Sand Creek Fire is raging just two miles from Elkhorn Hot Springs and fire crews are working hard to try to save this structure and many private structures that are threatened by this growing fire.Watch the full video below: Fire crews protect cabins from growing Sand Creek Fire after evacuation orderOh, its really eerie, you know, theres always people here at the cabins and waving at you and stuff and theres just nobody here. Its lik…

Wildfires in southwest Montana grow to a combined 23K acres

The Sand Creek fire continues to move toward the Maverick Mountain ski area, but firefighters have made progress on structure protection efforts from Elkhorn Hot Springs to the ski hill.

Evacuation orders Sand Creek fire remain northwest of Dillon

Evacuation orders remain in place Monday for the Sand Creek fire northwest of Dillon, according to fire officials.

Firefighters keep SW Montana blazes west of Scenic Byway; evacuation orders remain in place

Firefighters were able to keep both the Sand Creek and Bobcat Lakes fires on the west side of the Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway despite more than a dozen spot fires.