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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.

Missoula County plans to seek an $80,000 state grant to increase the capacity of the local fire warden during critical fire conditions, it said Tuesday.

Dave Atkins writes, "Whether we live in the forest, prairie or community we all live in an environment that evolved with both intentional fire and wildfires, both of which will never go away."

It's the second fire the department has responded to this month at a homeless camp in a public space.