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The National Interagency Fire Center reports there are 17 fires >100 acres burning in the state as of Wednesday afternoon, totaling around 100,000 acres.
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Carbon County Disaster and Emergency Services and the Carbon County Sheriff’s office have announced the evacuation of about 50 homes near the Harris Hill Fire burning north of Joliet. And the Anderson Hill Fire, burning about 600 acres in Granite, Powell and Missoula counties, has prompted the Bureau of Land Management to temporarily close Garnet Ghost Town.
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The Northern Rockies Coordination Center reports 16 new fire starts in Montana. The largest of the new fires is the 600-acre Anderson Hill Fire in southwestern Montana’s Granite County.
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The Beaverhead County Sheriff’s Office has issued an evacuation order for all 17 houses in the Alder Creek area as a nearby wildfire burns south of highway 43 and the Wise River. Critical fire conditions are occurring in southwest and central Montana, and burn restrictions go into effect across northwest Montana.
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Eight homes were evacuated Wednesday near the wise river south of Highway 43 as the Alder Creek Fire burns with 0% containment in the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest.