Such blow-ups — the rapid spread of wildfire when flames are whipped through dense, dry fuels by strong and often erratic winds — are a marquee trait of the largest fires burning in western Montana so far this year.
While official estimates Monday afternoon put Big Knife at about 25 acres, firefighters on the scene Monday evening gauged it between 200 and 300 acres.
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