Miller Peak fire mostly contained; fire danger lowered on Lolo

The Miller Peak fire southeast of Missoula is mostly contained and fire activity has been minimal, as recent rains have lowered — but not eliminated — wildfire danger across the region. 

The national-level incident management team overseeing firefighting operations on the fire, which ignited July 14, issued its final update Friday before handing management of the fire over to a local team from the Lolo National Forest on Sunday morning. The fire was 2,724 acres and 86% contained Friday. Eighty-one personnel were working the fire, down from more than 600 a few weeks earlier. 

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By Tuesday, 52 people were assigned to the fire, which is 10 miles southeast of downtown Missoula and just over 5 miles west of Clinton. Hand crews were working to maintain and monitor containment lines around the fire, according to an online update from the Lolo. 

A brief break in smoke reveals mountainsides of completely burned timber stands in the upper Plant Creek drainage above upper Miller Creek, southeast of Missoula, on Monday, July 15, 2024. The Miller Peak fire more

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