BOZEMAN, Mont. â Emergency crews in Gallatin County have already began meeting and planning for the next fire season and are taking into account what they learned from the Bridger Foothills Fire.
Six months ago, a plume of smoke from a holdover lightning strike turned into an 8,000-plus blaze destroying 30 homes, one of which being the Vermillion family s home on Alpen Strasse Road.
The start of the fire just after 3 p.m. on Sept. 4 from a holdover lightning strike.Noah Schmick Wake Up Montana
âFriday I was coming back from Bozeman with my kids and made a stop because I saw a puff of smoke up on the M,â Jeff Vermillion said. âBy the time we were pulling out of here on our own accord with flames within 200 yards, the sheriffâs department was pulling up and the forest service was evacuating people.â