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<p><strong>A long plume</strong> of smoke spreads from the Copper King Fire at 8:30 p.m. Sunday as viewed from the lookout at Pat’s Knob near Plains. The fire expanded Sunday to 6,908 acres; the smoke reached the Flathead Valley, particularly the Flathead Lake area. (Trip Burns/Clark Fork Valley Press)</p>

<p><strong>A long plume</strong> of smoke spreads from the Copper King Fire at 8:30 p.m. Sunday as viewed from the lookout at Pat’s Knob near Plains. The fire expanded Sunday to 6,908 acres; the smoke reached the Flathead Valley, particularly the Flathead Lake area. (Trip Burns/Clark Fork Valley Press)</p>

August 22, 2016

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Fire's growth forces evacuations
August 22, 2016 10:32 a.m.

Fire's growth forces evacuations

The fast-growing Copper King Fire east of Thompson Falls forced the evacuations of at least 20 structures early Monday morning, with additional residents on pre-evacuation notice.