FILE - A firefighter carries a drip torch as he ignites a backfire against the Hughes Fire burning along a hillside in Castaic, Calif., Jan. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File) ...

Gianforte tours state-run wildland firefighting engine factory in Missoula DAVID ERICKSON [email protected] Jun 19, 2025 Updated Jun 30, 2025 ...

BILLINGS, Mont. — President Donald Trump on Thursday ordered government officials to consolidate wildland firefighting into a single program, despite warnings from former federal officials that ...

Power lines in the area had been de-energized, and a Type 1 helicopter was on scene of the fire as of 5:45 p.m. The Upper Colorado River Interagency Fire Management Unit said at the time that the ...