Libby volunteer firefighters Neil Benson mans a water tender while Libby Volunteer Fire Department and U.S. Forest Service firefighters work to extinguish a burning slash pile along Luscher Drive Wednesday. Fire Chief Tom Wood said the fire was a “hold over” from when the pile was burned in May. (John Blodgett/The Western News)
July 19, 2018
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July 19, 2018 1:03 p.m.
Crews attack fires near Libby
A wildfire 4 miles northwest of Libby reached 30 acres in less than three hours Thursday afternoon, potentially threatening power transmission lines and requiring the precautionary deployment of a specially trained and equipped firefighting team as the fire moved to within 1.5 miles of a former vermiculite mine.