Geoff Hibbs, a Faller B with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Services Sand Creek Wildlife Station, falls a smoldering stump at the Crooked Creek Fire on the Charles M. Russel National Wild Life Refuge Aug. 2, 2014. Approximately 60 Wildland Firefighters, from U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Land Management, and Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation, Petroleum County and U.S. Forrest Service Smoke Jumpers, responded to the fire with 10 engines, a helicopter and a reconnaissance airplane. According to Mike Granger, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Montana State Fire Management Officer. The 177 acre fire began at the Crooked Creek Camp Ground and Marina, a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recreational facility, and was reported to the Lewistown Interagency Dispatch Center at about 2 p.m., Aug. 1. The fire was fully contained by 12:45 p.m. Aug. 3. (Video by Jonathan Moor)
Posted on: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 21:37:08 +0000
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