Crews are fighting a fire near Lakeside and dealing with two fires in the Bob Marshall Wilderness . . .
Firefighters were aggressively attacking the Stoner Creek fire on Monday, Aug. 19 as the 2013 wildfire season arrived in the Flathead Valley. The Stoner Creek fire started on Aug. 18 along Blacktail Road in Lakeside and is one of three active fires in the area.
The fire had burned 100 acres by Monday afternoon and was a quarter mile away from structures, according to Flathead National Forest Public Information Officer Wade Muehlhof. No evacuations had been issued by Monday evening…
The Stoner Creek fire is one of three active fires being managed by the Flathead National Forest…