Lodgepole Complex Fire

Q2 reports that Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke met with ranchers and farmers affected by the devastating Lodge Pole Complex Fires earlier this year. It was his first stop on a 10-day tour, beginning at the Fort Peck Interpretive Center on Sunday...

(Source AP) Fire crews from across the nation are arriving in Montana to help deal with a massive complex of fires that has already destroyed 12 homes. Thirty-four states have sent firefighters and other resources as the total amount of farmland and rangeland scorched by the four lightning-caused fires in eastern Montana exceeds 350 square miles (914 kilometers)...

` As of Sunday night the BLM Type 2 incident Management Team in charge of the Lodgepole Complex Fire said the fire has now reached 226,000 acres in size with 0% containment. 12 homes are know to have been destroyed plus fencing and haystacks...