The National Interagency Fire Center reported 8 new fire starts in Montana Sunday that launched light initial attacks by federal, state and local firefighting resources. Two of the fires were out or contained by Sunday night.
The largest of the fires is the 51-acre Keller Welborn Fire burning in grass, sagebrush and timber north of Interstate 94 and along Keller Welborn Road in Yellowstone County.
The National Interagency Situation Reporting Program identifies 73% of the current wildfires in Montana as human-caused and 27% as lightning-caused.
Both the Northern Rockies and the national fire preparedness levels are at fire preparedness level 5, the highest level, because of active fire activity in the region.