Friday PM September 7 Pattengail Creek Fire Evenin
Incident: Pattengail Creek Wildland Fire
Released: 9/7/2007
NEWS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Vance Persing Information Officer
Cause: Lightning Fire Start: July 13, 2007
Location: 10 miles southwest of Wise River, Montana, in the west Pioneer Mountains
Cooperating Agencies: Beaverhead County, Anaconda-Deer Lodge County, Butte-Silver Bow County, Bureau of Land Management, MT Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, MT Department of Transportation, USDA Forest Service
Total Personnel on Fire: 19 Acres: 15,297
The Pattengail Creek Fire did not experience much movement on Friday. Local residents observed smoke once again in the Big Hole Valley primarily due to fires in Idaho.
Weather conditions: There were higher temperatures and lower humidity on the fire today. Winds were reported to be gusting to 29 mph. Incident meteorologists are forecasting possible thunderstorms and precipitation for tonight.
Wise River Community Meetings: The next Wise River community meeting will be, Wednesday, September 12th at 7:30 p.m. in the Community Center.
Fire Restrictions and Closures: The Forest Service has reopened lands between Lacey and Pattengail Creeks, southwest of Wise River.
For public safety land north of Pattengail Creek to the national forest boundary remains closed as the Pattengail Creek fire is still active.
When hunting season begins, lots of other great hunting areas will remain open around the Beaverhead-Deer lodge National Forest. The east Pioneers, the south side of the west Pioneers, Anaconda Range and Big Hole will all be open in the Wise River District alone.
Stage 1 fire restrictions will be implemented tomorrow, September 8, in areas surrounding the Pattengail Creek Fire.
For more information on these fires check at www.inciweb.org.
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