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Photo of the Porcupine fire provided by the U.S. Forest Service-Kootenai National Forest.

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Lightning-caused fires keeping firefighters busy
August 3, 2018 4 a.m.

Lightning-caused fires keeping firefighters busy

Firefighters made good progress overall this week as they dealt with more than 20 remote wildland fires started last weekend by lightning. But though many of the smaller fires had been contained and controlled by Thursday, three larger fires remained active and promised to keep resources busy for the coming days.