Only about 75,000 acres burned across the state compared with a seasonal average of 320,000 acres, but fire suppression costs are currently estimated at nearly three times the average.

A new blaze near Paradise sparked up over the weekend amid active fire weather. According to the CSKT Division of Fire, the new start cropped up Sunday, Aug. 17 in the Knowles Creek area of Sanders ...

VIRGINIA CITY, Mont. — The Bivens Creek and Cloudrest fires continue to burn in southwest Montana. Both fires remain uncontained. On Wednesday, crews worked on a direct attack along the east side of ...

FRENCHTOWN - Right now, firefighters are urging people to prepare their homes for fire danger as Montana prepares to see a worse fire season compared to last year. Firefighters say right now is the ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Several large wildfires continued to burn around the state on Monday as hot weather will hit ...

An automated monitoring system picks up the details about an incident reported to the emergency dispatch center, alerting ...

Humans have altered the forests of western North America markedly over the past several centuries. We’ve suppressed fire, harvested much of the old-growth trees, and built homes and communities within ...

By John Cannon This is the second installment of Mongabay’s coverage of active management tools for forest fires. Read Part 1. Photographs of forests in the western U.S. from the mid-1800s show a ...