 | This article needs to be updated. (July 2019) |
| 2018 Montana wildfires | |
|---|---|
 Reynolds Lake Fire, July 19 | |
| Date(s) | June, 2018 – September, 2018 |
| Season | |
← 2017 | |
The 2018 wildfire season in Montana began around June, 2018 and ended around September, 2018.[1]
The Highway 37 Fire is a fire above Montana Highway 37 west of Libby, Montana at 48°25′19″N 115°28′26″W / 48.422°N 115.474°W,[2] near a Superfund site which is a former vermiculite mine. It was spotted on July 19.[3] Firefighters needed to wear respirators to protect themselves from exposure to asbestos mixed with duff and bark by mining operations and mobilized by the fire.[4]
The Reynolds Lake Fire, caused by lightning on July 17, straddles the Bitterroot National Forest and Salmon-Challis National Forest southwest of Darby, Montana at 45°33′50″N 114°30′47″W / 45.564°N 114.513°W.[5] It reached over 1,000 acres (400 ha) in extent by July 22.[6]
- ^ "Montana Wildfire Roundup For September 20, 2018". Montana Public Radio. September 20, 2018. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
- ^ Highway 37 Fire, US Forest Service InciWeb, accessed 2018-07-23
- ^ July 20 fire Roundup, Montana Public Radio
- ^ Fire burning near northwestern Montana vermiculite mine, Associated Press, July 20, 2018, archived from the original on July 21, 2018, retrieved July 23, 2018 – via Bozeman Daily Chronicle
- ^ Reynolds Lake Fire, US Forest Service InciWeb, accessed 2018-07-23
- ^ "Little growth on Montana wildfires", The Missoulian, July 22, 2018 – via The Montana Standard (Butte, Montana)