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Wildfire, fire management and air quality news for western Montana and the Northern Rockies.

Evacuations Ordered For Lodgepole Complex Fire NW Of Jordan

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As of 8 p.m. Friday, July 21, evacuations have been ordered for residents in the entire area north of Highway 200 from the Petroleum County Line and West of Edwards Road, due to the threat from the Lodgepole Complex fires. 

The evacuation area includes: Big Bart Coulee, Haley Coulee, Benzien School Area, Benzien Road all the way to Steve Forks Road, and Battle Coulee Area.

The Red Cross has set up an evacuation shelter at the VFW Hall in Jordan. 

A 5 p.m. meeting for the Lodgepole Complex, burning 52 miles NW of Jordan, is at the VFW Hall in Jordan, tonight (7/22). 

The section of Highway 200 between Jordan in Garfield County and Winnett in Petroleum County  is temporarily closed because of increased fire activity. 

More information can be found on Inciweb.

Corin Cates-Carney manages MTPR’s daily and long-term news projects. After spending more than five years living and reporting across Western and Central Montana, he became news director in early 2020.
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