Started 2 days ago just above the M. Some great photos out there, including a plane dumping colored retardant just above the M. I don't know how to upload photos.
Yesterday, the fire climbed to the ridge of the Bridgers. Seemed to be going north on the ridge. Then, at about Mt Baldy, went down the ridge to the east to Bridger Canyon very fast.
My sister, on the Bozeman side, was watching and texting our cousins in Bridger Canyon around Jackson Creek. The cousins couldn't even see smoke in the morning from their side. Then, about 2, they saw a house on the west side of Bridger Canyon Rd catch fire. They packed their baby and dog and scooted. Their house apparently burned.
My sister said she got a cell phone warning to evacuate the Jackson Creek area at about 4pm Looks like the fire went away from the M.
"The wildfire burning north of Bozeman blew up Saturday afternoon to 7,000 acres, burning buildings and forcing people from their homes.
Though it seemed calm in the morning, winds between 10 mph and 20 mph and high temperatures fueled major growth on the Bridger Foothills fire. In the early evening, it jumped over Bridger Canyon Road.
“Today and tomorrow are going to be our real tough days,” said Corey Lewellen, Bozeman district ranger for the Forest Service.
The fire started on the west side of the Bridger Mountains north of the “M” trail Friday afternoon. The cause is still under investigation.
It crested the ridge quickly and had grown to more than 400 acres by Saturday morning.
Saturday morning, it appeared to have slowed down on the western and eastern side of the range. Helicopters took turns lowering buckets suspended from cables into a pond near Bridger Creek. After each load, they whizzed up the canyon walls toward Baldy Mountain, where flames licked blackened trees and puffs of smoke drifted upward.
“Safety is our number one concern. We’re doing everything we can for structures,” said Peggy Olliff, a fire spokesperson, at noon. “We’re being very aggressive with this fire.”
Four helicopters, four smokejumpers, four single-engine air tankers and two very large air tankers (VLATs) were stationed primarily on the eastern side of the Bridgers at around noon. A hotshot crew, one Type 2 hand crew and additional crews and dozers were also responding to the fire."
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/winds-high-temps-blow-bridger-foothills-fire-to-7-000-acres-evacuations-ordered/article_c0b63d24-5519-5e22-9db2-b71b97342e1a.html
Yesterday, the fire climbed to the ridge of the Bridgers. Seemed to be going north on the ridge. Then, at about Mt Baldy, went down the ridge to the east to Bridger Canyon very fast.
My sister, on the Bozeman side, was watching and texting our cousins in Bridger Canyon around Jackson Creek. The cousins couldn't even see smoke in the morning from their side. Then, about 2, they saw a house on the west side of Bridger Canyon Rd catch fire. They packed their baby and dog and scooted. Their house apparently burned.
My sister said she got a cell phone warning to evacuate the Jackson Creek area at about 4pm Looks like the fire went away from the M.
"The wildfire burning north of Bozeman blew up Saturday afternoon to 7,000 acres, burning buildings and forcing people from their homes.
Though it seemed calm in the morning, winds between 10 mph and 20 mph and high temperatures fueled major growth on the Bridger Foothills fire. In the early evening, it jumped over Bridger Canyon Road.
“Today and tomorrow are going to be our real tough days,” said Corey Lewellen, Bozeman district ranger for the Forest Service.
The fire started on the west side of the Bridger Mountains north of the “M” trail Friday afternoon. The cause is still under investigation.
It crested the ridge quickly and had grown to more than 400 acres by Saturday morning.
Saturday morning, it appeared to have slowed down on the western and eastern side of the range. Helicopters took turns lowering buckets suspended from cables into a pond near Bridger Creek. After each load, they whizzed up the canyon walls toward Baldy Mountain, where flames licked blackened trees and puffs of smoke drifted upward.
“Safety is our number one concern. We’re doing everything we can for structures,” said Peggy Olliff, a fire spokesperson, at noon. “We’re being very aggressive with this fire.”
Four helicopters, four smokejumpers, four single-engine air tankers and two very large air tankers (VLATs) were stationed primarily on the eastern side of the Bridgers at around noon. A hotshot crew, one Type 2 hand crew and additional crews and dozers were also responding to the fire."
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/winds-high-temps-blow-bridger-foothills-fire-to-7-000-acres-evacuations-ordered/article_c0b63d24-5519-5e22-9db2-b71b97342e1a.html
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