The 2025 Knowles Fire started near railroad tracks owned by BNSF that run along the Clark Fork in Sanders County. (Hailey Smalley/Daily Inter Lake)
September 19, 2025
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September 28, 2025 12:05 a.m.
String of blazes near railroad leave Sanders County residents smoldering with suspicion
To this day, locals are convinced it was ignited by a railcar passing over the tracks that cut through Sanders County.