They are starting to do some serious demobilizing from the Sawtooth-Millard complex as the fire gets more and more under control. Hubby says that he should be demobbed in 24-48 hours.
That is good news for the people there. They already have the rehabilitation team on hand to decide how to take care of the burned areas.
Firefighters are rushing to the Bull Mountains to help tame a fire that is approaching Highway 87 between Billings and Roundup.
The Montana Department of Transportation closed the road between the two cities at 3:30 p.m. Monday.
Fire-information officer Paula Rosenthal said first report of the fire came during the noon hour. It had about 200 acres in grass and scattered pine by mid afternoon. The northern border of the fire is Majerus Road about 25 miles north of Billings.
Rosenthal said the fire ignited along a swath of lightning strikes this weekend. It’s too early for the fire to have a name, she said, but more information should be available this evening.
Local and state firefighters are being assisted by federal resources from the nearby Bundy Ridge fire near Pompeys Pillar.
“We’re putting as many resources on it as are available,’’ she said.
The fire is burning near the site of the gigantic Hawk Creek Fire of 1984, one of the largest and most destructive fires in Montana history.
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