Montana's 2023 wildfire season begins with Colt and Bowles Creek fires
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Last updated 7/27/2023 at 1:38pm
John Adams / MTFP
he growing Colt Fire smoke plume on Friday, July 21. Fire officials estimate the blaze has burned 2,927 acres as of Monday, July 24, and is zero percent contained.
As a heat wave brought temperatures as high as 102 degrees to parts of western Montana over the weekend, the state's summer fire season kicked off with two lightning-caused wildfires that quickly gained steam.
COLT FIRE
The Colt Fire started 15 miles northwest of Seeley Lake on Monday, July 17, and by the afternoon of Friday, July 21 had grown to approximately 200 acres, as reported by the Mo...
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