Due to the extended heat wave and very dry conditions throughout the county, Missoula County Commissioners will institute Stage II fire restrictions on Saturday, July 17.
Temperatures in the 100’s are rapidly drying out all of Missoula County, which has prompted county officials to ask anyone planning to set off fireworks to think very carefully.
The next two days could shatter records for high temperatures in western Montana, said Meteorologist Ryan Leach with the National Weather Service Office in Missoula.