Firefighters tackle Rainy Creek blazes; fire danger at extreme

While the area falls within the Libby Asbestos Superfund Site, Kootenai National Forest Fire Manager Officer Dan Rose said only one of the three fires was in Operable Unit 3, which contains the former W.R. Grace vermiculite mine.

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