Rain did little to aid wildfire efforts
Smoke rises from the South Yaak Mountain Fire on July 22. Officials consolidated oversight of the fire with the Burnt Peak Fire this week. (Will Langhorne/The Western News)
The much-anticipated rain overnight Sunday did little to aid efforts to curtail the Burnt Peak and South Yaak fires.
Officials with the Kootenai National Forest said Monday morning that the difference in temperatures was a nice change of pace, given the high heat of the past few days, but had little effect on firefighting operations...
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