New fire in southern Glacier Park grows to 30 acres

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New ***** in southern Glacier Park grows to 30 acres

Jul. 25—A new ***** that emerged this week near the southern border of Glacier National Park grew to about 30 acres on Thursday.

The Muir Creek ***** is southwest of Mount St. Nicholas, about 4 miles north of U.S. 2 above the Fielding Cutoff Trail between Park Creek and Coal Creek. It was first reported on Tuesday, July 23.

Glacier Park officials said the incident was immediately managed as a full suppression ***** due to its location, predicted weather conditions and limited availability of national firefighting resources.

Helicopter rappelers were flown in for the initial ******* on Wednesday morning. The rappelers established incident command and directed aviation resources in dropping water on the ***** when it was 8 acres in size. Despite these efforts, ***** activity increased in the afternoon, and the ***** grew to approximately 30 acres, officials said.

Glacier National Park firefighters were expected to monitor and patrol the ***** Thursday.

Management will transition to the Type 3 Incident Management Team on Friday.

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