Monday, December 23, 2024
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<p>A wide plume of smoke rises above the Swan Mountain Range on
Wednesday from the Big Salmon Lake and Hammer Creek fires. The Big
Salmon fire went from 10 acres to 2,000 acres in a day. </p>

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Wilderness fire grows to 2,000 acres
August 17, 2011 7 p.m.

Wilderness fire grows to 2,000 acres

Flathead Valley residents got to take in a familiar summer spectacle Wednesday: Smoke columns towering over the Swan Mountain Range.