Fire officials increase danger level as conditions worsen
A helicopter drops water on the Williams Creek Fire in September 2022. (Scott Shindledecker/The Western News FILE)
Dry conditions, low humidity and wind combined with fireworks, camp fires and lightning have kept state and federal fire crews busy in northwest Montana during the last week as nearly two dozen wild fires have started in the region.
Despite very green vegetation, fire officials are reminding people that rapidly changing conditions have led them to increase the fire danger level to very high and Preparedness Level 3 on Thursday...
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