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The Lolo National Forest is proposing a large treatment project north of Seeley Lake, but a new federal process will limit public comment to initial scoping only.
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.
A national incident management team was called in as the Colt fire northwest of Seeley Lake grew from 15 to about 100 acres Thursday afternoon amid hot, dry weather that fomented active burning through timber.