The fire spread behind and around one side of the man’s house, which had an attached garage. The fire climbed a pine tree next to the garage and lit some pine needles on the metal roof.
One of two men accused of holding up a motorist on Browns Meadow Road by gunpoint in March has pleaded guilty to a felony charge in Flathead County District Court.
Some residents under evacuation orders were allowed to return home Monday after fire crews made progress on containing the Niarada Fire west of Elmo thanks to below normal temperatures and some much-needed rainfall.