![<p>St. Mary visitors were part of a mandatory evacuation on Wednesday, July 22. The Reynolds Creek Fire has consumed a vehicle parked along Going-to-the-Sun Road and continues to burn rapidly. The fire has “extreme spread potential,” according to officials. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)</p>](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/ARTICLE_307229947_H1_0_FWEAETXGJPKT_t1170.jpg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
<p>St. Mary visitors were part of a mandatory evacuation on Wednesday, July 22. The Reynolds Creek Fire has consumed a vehicle parked along Going-to-the-Sun Road and continues to burn rapidly. The fire has extreme spread potential, according to officials. (Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)</p>
July 22, 2015
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July 22, 2015 10:13 p.m.
Reynolds Creek Fire swells to more than 4,000 acres
Fire grows in Glacier
ST. MARY — Powerful wind gusts rattled the glass walls of Glacier National Park’s St. Mary Visitor Center on Wednesday, propelling the Reynolds Creek Fire northeast along the edge of St. Mary Lake and fanning the flames over approximately 4,000 acres just one day after it was first reported.