<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>
August 17, 2011
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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.