Fires stoked by heat, wind force evacuations in Montana
Residents watch as flames from the Robertson Draw Fire burn above Red Lodge, Mont., on the evening of Tuesday, June 15, 2021. (Larry Mayer/Billings Gazette via AP)
BILLINGS (AP) — Wildfires in Montana have exploded in size, triggering evacuations and destroying an unknown number of homes as furious winds stoked the blazes and caused a firefighting helicopter to crash-land, officials said Wednesday.
The sudden ramping up of the fire season came as record-high, triple-digit temperatures early in the week baked much of Montana and portions of northern Wyoming...
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