Twenty-two Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation wildland firefighters deploy to Alberta, Canada, through the Northwest Compact to serve as a Type II Hand Crew in June 2023. (Provided by the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation.)
June 27, 2023
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June 30, 2023 7 a.m.
Montana deploys 22 firefighters to Canada
The firefighters were assigned to the Kimiwan Complex of fires in the Peace River Fire Protection Area of northwest Alberta. Alberta has been in a crisis state because of the wildfires, which have been ongoing since March.