Heat Wave Sparks Warnings from County Officials on Fireworks
Temperatures in the 100’s are rapidly drying out all of Missoula County, which has prompted county officials to ask anyone planning to set off fireworks to think very carefully.
Deputy Department of Emergency services Director Nick Holloway reached out to KGVO with words of warning about fires from fireworks.
“We don't have any restrictions in place right now, and fire danger is currently at ‘High’ as opposed to some other areas in the state where it's very high or extreme,” said Holloway. “We haven't reached those levels to where we would put out any fire restrictions at this point. That fire danger is based upon some indices like emergency release components in a burning index and so that helps objectify and determine where the fire danger should be.”