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<p><strong>Firefighters</strong> work to extinguish a billowing house fire June 25 on Rockefeller Drive in Kalispell. The intensity of the fire prompted the evacuation of residents of nearby houses in the Empire Estates subdivision. One adjacent home had its siding melted. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)</p>

<p><strong>Firefighters</strong> work to extinguish a billowing house fire June 25 on Rockefeller Drive in Kalispell. The intensity of the fire prompted the evacuation of residents of nearby houses in the Empire Estates subdivision. One adjacent home had its siding melted. (Aaric Bryan/Daily Inter Lake)</p>

December 30, 2015

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YEAR OF FLAMES, Part 2: Hectic year for fire crews
December 30, 2015 10:37 p.m.

YEAR OF FLAMES, Part 2: Hectic year for fire crews

Business, home fires take a toll

While state and federal employees had their hands full this summer with 2015’s historic wildfire season, local fire departments in Flathead County stayed busy throughout the year as they scrambled to structure fires at dozens of homes and businesses.