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Missoula fire crews are battling a grass fire within city limits.

The loss of life and property, and the damage to natural resources caused by the Big Burn did help save the U.S. Forest Service. Until that time, many detractors in Washington D.C. had called for cancellation of the "experiment." The debate over how best to prevent these summertime natural disasters, however, has continued for more than 100 years, and counting

The Missoula Ranger District is burning up to 43 acres southwest of Missoula.

A once-popular restaurant on South Brooks Street caught fire early Wednesday morning and by the time the blaze was extinguished, the structure was a total loss.

A once-popular restaurant on South Brooks Street caught fire early Wednesday morning, drawing the response of all city fire engines.

The Missoula Fire Department snuffed a residential structure fire on Sunday afternoon, though the home received significant smoke damage.

Two fires burning in abandoned coal mines since at least 2011 – and possibly much longer – were finally extinguished near Gallup.

An evacuation of residents and visitors from the north shore of the Tahoe basin could take more than two to three times as long as local officials project, according to simulations.

Weather conditions favorable to fire led firefighters across California to respond to a handful of blazes that sprung up over the weekend.

As increasing drought pushes western Montana toward a risky fire season, new University of Montana research indicates that wildfire suppression can worsen the effects of wildfire.