BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) A sweltering heat wave smashed daily temperature records in Montana and Wyoming and complicated the fight to corral several large wildfires, as gusts fanned the blazes and triggered evacuations of some rural areas.
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The Deep Creek Canyon fire between Townsend and White Sulphur Springs remained at 75% contained Tuesday night, with the land burned holding steady at 4,648 acres.
But the price for fighting the blaze, which has been burning since June 13, is now $4.08 million, U.S. Forest Service officials said, noting 4,648 acres have burned. They said three single residences and four other structures have been lost. And four people have been injured, but no further details were given.
Firefighters work a fire line on the Deep Creek Canyon Fire outside Townsend recently. Photo Courtesy of U.S. Forest Service
The number of personnel assigned to the fire remained at 414. And containment was listed as July 1.
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