Ian Caswell stands among the remains of his home in West Kootenai on Wednesday after it was consumed in the Caribou Fire on Sept. 2. The fire burned 13 acres owned by Caswell and claimed a total of 40 structures in the West Kootenai area over a two-day period. (Mary Cloud Taylor/Daily Inter Lake)
September 19, 2017
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September 19, 2017 4 a.m.
Residents begin to regroup in wake of Caribou Fire
Standing in nearly 3 inches of ash, West Kootenai resident Ian Caswell sifted through the blackened pile of rubble days after the Caribou Fire consumed his home of 15 years in the northwest corner of Montana.