Desiree Brewer embraces one of the family's two dogs, Montana, a 1-year-old yellow Lab mix who alerted the family to an early-morning fire that destroyed their house along Tronstad Road. The family credits the dog with saving their lives. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
August 27, 2022
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Desiree Brewer didn’t think twice about jumping off a balcony, realizing it was her only escape from the flames that engulfed her family’s Kalispell home on Aug. 20.