The Thompson Fire blew pretty impressively this afternoon . . .
The Thompson Fire in Glacier National Park blew up Tuesday afternoon, sending up a massive smoke cloud that was visible from the Flathead Valley as well as East Glacier, St. Mary and Many Glacier.
“It looks like a giant cauliflower stalk in the sky,” said John Antonucci, the chef at Stanton Creek Lodge on U.S. 2. “This thing is directly in front of my front door, square in front of my front door.”
A caller to the Inter Lake likened the boiling smoke to a volcano.