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Flathead County officials say a young child died in a motor home fire southwest of Kalispell.

A power line fire just west of Missoula caused a brief closure of Interstate 90 during the Tuesday morning commute and left about 1,200 customers without power.   The Montana Department of Transportation reported live wires fell across the interstate between the Airway Boulevard Exit and the Reserve Street exit at about 7 a.m. T...

Monday morning began with a bang for many Bonner residents who called 911 reporting an explosion at around 4:45 a.m. Missoula Rural Fire District Captain Blaine Cowan says the explosion most likely came from a house fire.

The fire danger in Missoula County and most of Western Montana dropped yesterday, September 7, after a cold and rainy Labor Day weekend. Missoula County Emergency Services Director Adriane Beck explains.

Cooler temperatures and some much needed precipitation encouraged some evacuations to be lifted in Missoula and Mineral counties.

Lightning sparked a fire that ignited Thursday in the Ninemile Ranger District. It’s grown to 2,900 acres since then. The fire is located about 15 miles southwest of Tarkio, west of Missoula.

Air quality has been a major problem in western Montana this summer, and many are wondering if this is the worst summer for breathing ever recorded. According to Meteorologist Chris Gibson, it isn’t quite the worst, but it is pretty close...

Forest Service officials say three fires make up a new fire complex burning in steep, remote, forested terrain northeast of Seeley Lake.

City and county emergency services are prepared for possible thunderstorms and high winds which are forecast to hit western Montana Friday evening. As rain starts to dribble down the KGVO window, the National Weather Service is already predicting damaging winds and isolated thunderstorms.

Firefighters have responded to and extinguished over 30 wildfires in the Bitterroot National Forest this summer, but 18 new wildfires were started by lightning this week and all but four are currently contained.

A red flag fire weather warning is in place today through this evening for most of the Missoula area and parts of Kalispell.

Authorities evacuated several home in Evergreen yesterday because of a fast-moving grass fire. Lightning-caused fire mostly under control in Bitterroot National Forest. Over 700 gather for funeral of Pryor Good Samaritan murder victims...