Fire Update Sept. 20
Incident: Ahorn Wildland Fire
Released: 9/20/2007
Yesterday's Activities: Cooler weather and wetting rains and snow decreased fire activity. Benchmark reported ½ inch of rain. Crews completed building line above Kenck Cabin and continue to hold and improve on that line. Fireline work was also finished in Hoadley Creek. Pumps, hoses and sprinklers were removed from the Stoner Place.
Weather and Fire Behavior forecast: A moist and unsettled flow will continue under partly cloudy skies with expected showers or snow above 6000 feet. Temperatures will be in the 50's and humidity will remain near 40%. With the cooler temperature and moisture, fire activity is expected to be low.
Today's Planned Actions: Crews will continue to hold and improve existing fireline. Crews will patrol the fire area and conduct suppression activities as needed. Benchmark and Hoadley areas will have structure protection equipment removed.
Area Closure: The Lewis and Clark National Forest, the Bureau of Land Management, and Region 4 of Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks have opened a number of areas previously closed due to the Ahorn, Fool Creek, and Skyland Fires.
Effective 9/17/07, the Beaver Willow Road, #233 was opened for public travel. Note: The area west of the road is still closed.
Special Driving Safety Warning: Firefighters are experiencing excessive speeds by some motorists on the open access roads near the fire. Travelers using these forest roads should drive with extreme caution as emergency vehicles are still using these roads.
Stage I Fire restrictions have been rescinded on public lands within and immediately adjacent to the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex in north-central Montana. These public lands include the Flathead, Lewis and Clark, and portions of the Helena, and Lolo National Forests, and the lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the State of Montana in Teton and Lewis and Clark Counties along the Rocky Mountain Front. Normal fire restrictions will resume until end of season. For further information, contact one the above phone numbers.
