Mont. wildfire grows along Idaho border
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July 11, 2012 8:14 AM
HAMILTON – Firefighters chased three new lightning starts on the Bitterroot National Forest on Tuesday, while the Chrandal Creek fire southwest of Darby grew from 90 to 1,000 acres overnight.
The new wildfires were discovered Tuesday afternoon and were likely started by dry thunderstorms that hit the mountains Monday night, said Tod McKay, information officer for the Bitterroot Forest.
Winds and heat sent the Chrandal Creek fire on its run across 1,000 acres in the rugged backcountry on the Montana-Idaho border. The fire continues to burn in subalpine fir and beetle-killed lodgepole pine. Julia Williamson/Ravalli Republic