Marsh Creek fire southeast of Lincoln grows to 95 acres

The Marsh Creek fire 12 miles southeast of Lincoln is now at 95 acres, fire officials said Saturday.

The Marsh Creek fire southeast of Lincoln as seen on Sept. 5.

Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest

Crews continue to remove hazardous fuels between the fire and private property in the Canyon Creek community, which is about 3 miles east of the fire, Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest officials said.

The fire, reported at 6:44 p.m. Aug. 27, is being fueled by lodgepole pine, live and beetle-killed, dead and down trees throughout the area. Its cause has not been determined and it is 0% contained. The are 45 people, two Type 2 Crews, Dozer, Masticator assigned to the blaze. Fire officials said at mtfireinfo.org that $90,000 has been spent to fight the blaze so far.

So far crews have been successful removing fuels in the North Fork of the Prickly Pear drainage and McQuithy Gulch. Also, crews have begun fuels work in the South Fork of Poorman drainage about 3 miles northeast of the fire, officials said on inciweb.wildfire.gov.

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