Crazy Horse Fire

News Release - August 27, 2003 at 8am

Incident Information Contacts:
(406)755-3910 (voice) and (406)755-3931 (fax)

Flathead National Forest

Wednesday, August 7, 2003 8:00 a.m.

Fire Information Contact: (406)754-4620, fax (406) 754-4621

Current Status:
Acres: 10,169
Containment: 35%
Structures Lost: 0

A North Idaho type two incident management team, lead by Allen Chrisman, will be taking over the fire at 6:00 p.m. this evening.  Crews continue to construct handline in the Mission Mountains Wilderness and extinguish hot spots.  The fire has a slow rate of spread with individual tree torching. Even though there was some precipitation last night and into the morning, the fire behavior may increase due to a Red flag warning for high temperatures and winds with low relative humidity.   Some demobilization of engines and equipment has begun.

The lightning-caused Crazy Horse Fire began on August 10^th, 2003.  Currently, there are 555 personnel assigned to the incident.  Cooperating agencies: Montana Department of Natural Resources, Missoula County, Condon Fire Department, Bureau of Land Management, Bureau of Indian Affairs, National Park Service, and US Fish and Wildlife Service.

All evacuation orders and fire activity advisories have been lifted. 

Previous News Releases

• August 27, 2003
• August 26, 2003
• August 25, 2003
• August 24, 2003
• August 23, 2003
• August 22, 2003
• August 21, 2003
• August 20, 2003
• August 19, 2003
• August 18, 2003
• August 17, 2003
• August 16, 2003
• August 15, 2003
• August 14, 2003
• August 13, 2003
• August 12, 2003

Flathead National Forest
1935 3^rd Avenue, East
Kalispell, MT 59901
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