Boulder Fire claims 8 homes near Flathead Lake
Brett Pargman, operations section chief for the Northern Rockies Incident Management Team 4, displays a map of the Boulder 2700 Fire on the east shore of Flathead Lake while briefing Gov. Greg Gianforte at Salish Kootenai College in Pablo on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021.
Between long shifts fighting the Boulder 2700 Fire near the east shore of Flathead Lake, firefighters camp in tents in a field at Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, seen on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021.
Shelves are stocked with toiletries for people displaced by the Boulder 2700 Fire at a Red Cross shelter at Linderman Elementary School in Polson on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021.
Cots are set up at a Red Cross shelter in the gymnasium of Linderman Elementary School in Polson for people displaced by the nearby Boulder 2700 Fire on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021.
The Mission Mountains are barely visible from a vantage point in Polson on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, amid dense smoke from the Boulder 2700 Fire on the east shore of Flathead Lake.
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte visits Red Cross volunteers at Linderman Elementary School in Polson, the site of a shelter for people displaced by the nearby Boulder 2700 Fire, on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021.
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte gives an interview with a TV news station on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021, at Linderman Elementary School in Polson, the site of a Red Cross shelter for people displaced by the nearby Boulder 2700 Fire.
A map provided by the Northern Rockies Incident Management Team 4 shows the boundaries of the Boulder 2700 Fire as of Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. The fire is outlined in red on the east shore of Flathead Lake, just north of Finley Point.
The Boulder 2700 Fire on the east shore of Flathead Lake has grown to more than 1,800 acres and burned more than two dozen structures, including eight homes, officials said Thursday, as the blaze continued creeping into the Mission Mountains and crews worked to prevent additional property damage.
The fire — which is believed to be human-caused and still under investigation — is burning just north of Finley Point, almost entirely on Flathead Reservation lands, and was 0% contained as of Thursday morning...
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