This fire broke out after a nighttime lightning strike. This is what we could see from our home, as the fire was burning directly across the river only 300 yards or so from us. It was very windy and, as you can see, the smoke was billowing very high. It was moving toward the Bison Range, which is only a few miles from us. No billowing smoke this morning but the smoke has diffused across a wide area. As far as we know, no structures were lost. Our Missoula newspaper indicated that 12 wildfires broke out here in western Montana over the weekend. Prayers for some rain (without lightning) would be appreciated! Our daytime temperatures have been about 100 F for too long now.
That must be scary. Someone was attempting to do a controlled burn behind us many years ago and it got slightly out of hand. The fire company was able to squelch it fairly quickly- but that billow is a hundred times larger than what took place in our woods.
@ljmanning@olivetreeann@Dawn@joansmor@mittens@seattlite@carole_sandford@haskar Many thanks for all the expressions of concern. Thankfully, this fire is now contained and we learned that it wasn't quite as close as it appeared from our property. Close enough, tho', with the high winds we were also experiencing. As far as we know, no homes or other structures were lost. Thanks again for taking a moment to view my photo and to comment. Much appreciated!
August 2nd, 2023
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