The first two helicopters assigned to a wildfire north of Libby draw water from the Kootenai River Thursday evening. (John Blodgett/The Western News)
July 19, 2018
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July 19, 2018 10:34 p.m.
Libby wildfire consumes 30 acres by Thursday evening
A wildfire four miles northwest of Libby reached 30 acres in less than three hours Thursday afternoon, potentially threatening power transmission lines and requiring the precautionary deployment of a specially trained and equipped firefighting team as the fire moved to within 1.5 miles of a former vermiculite mine.