Here we go again, folks. Fire season is starting to heat up in the Flathead Valley. For current forest and wildfire information and related material, see our extensive Fire Information Links page.

From the Sunday, August 10, 2008 online edition of the Daily Inter Lake . . .

A lightning storm Friday night sparked 13 fires Saturday on the Flathead Reservation, the largest of which had burned about 400 acres Saturday evening.

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And from the Friday, August 8, 2008 online edition of the Hungry Horse News . . .

Northwest Montana is heading into the thick of fire season and folks are being urged to make sure all campfires are dead out and cold to the touch.

In addition, there is absolutely no open burning in Flathead County through September, fire officials note.

On average, there’s been one human caused fire in the valley every day. The weather forecast doesn’t appear to be helping the fire risk, either. The forecast is calling for hot, dry weather with highs in the 80s and 90s and a slight risk of thunderstorms, though it should cool off a bit by Sunday.

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