The Niarada fire last Tuesday evening shows flickers of flame. It's gotten considerably larger, and some residents have had to evacuate. (Berl Tiskus/Leader)
August 7, 2023
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August 11, 2023 midnight
Fairgrounds offers sanctuary to fire evacuees
When mandatory evacuations for Walking Horse Lane and Early Dawn Road and adjacent areas near Big Arm were announced last Thursday afternoon by the Lake County Sheriff’s Department, Vicki Holmberg, Polson Fairgrounds caretaker, was immediately on the phone with people seeking shelter for their animals and places to park their campers and RVs. When she wasn’t on the phone, she was showing people where to put their animals.