2 weeks ago If you're like me, you've been saying "NOT YET" to the recent news of wildfires in Montana. It turns out that yes, some are from "natural" causes - but the series of wildfires in Helena has been from suspected arson. Police have 19 year-old Fredrick J. Maw in custody for arson in the Sweats Gulch Complex fires, and is also suspected in the Priest Pass fire and the Spokane Hills Fire.
September 24, 2012 It seems like every day lately there has been a new structure fire (or two), and the Bozeman Police say there may be suspects behind the flames. Three 14 year old females were arrested over the weekend for arson for 1 of the 5 fires that have burnt inside city limits in the past week.
September 21, 2012 WOW - this map really puts this summer in perceptive. This map shows all of the fires that either have burned or are burning here in Montana. The light gray marks represent fires that have been extinguished - and the orange marks are the active fires still burning
September 13, 2012 Here's what our beautiful Paradise Valley now looks like! Is it what you expected? Warning - turn down your sound before you watch - it's loud wind noise.
September 12, 2012 Fire season continues to rage in Southwest Montana. Monday afternoon outside of Toston, lightning started a new fire that is currently burning on private and state land. It's currently estimated around 3,000 acres
August 30, 2012 Yesterday things only got worse. Our beautiful Paradise Valley is in on fire. Our prayers go out to the firefighters, homeowners and everyone involved. Here is the fire picture as of this morning
August 29, 2012 Yesterday was one ginormous step backwards in this seasons fire situation - with 2 new wildfires burning in Southwest Montana, days before we are expecting winds up to 35 mph.
The Millie Fire you could see from town, and is in the "Squaw Creek" area of the Storm Creek Drainage
July 18, 2012 UPDATE 3:25pm July 18th 1012 - MANDATORY EVACUATION West of Inverness including Inverness Road, Loc Lomond and Black Hawke. The fire is moving towards Old Yellowstone Trail and several houses are being warned of the possible danger
July 11, 2012
11AM -More information on the Willow Creek Fire Northwest of Livingston was released this morning. It appears that currently the blaze has burned about 1000 acres. Park County Commissioner Randy Taylor
June 28, 2012 The Gallatin County Commission has issued a resolution declaring Gallatin County to have Stage One Fire Restrictions. This means you can not conduct any activities that may cause fires which includes Fireworks. During the 4th
June 28, 2012 According to Incident Information System - here's the status of Fires burning near Bozeman.
Bear Trap Fire
The Bear Trap fire is 20 miles northeast of Ennis - is 14,770 acres and 12% contained.
June 27, 2012 Hope you really took in the views the last time you floated the Madison, here's a glimpse of what things look like. NOTE - this was before the fire jumped the road.
