The Pine Creek fire slows dramatically with an evening of rain.
I finally had a few hours to make a run over to Paradise Valley yesterday to take a look at the situation there. The Pine Creek Fire has been a mess and crews have been working their hardest in extreme terrain. According to InciWeb, five primary residences and several outbuildings have been lost as of 1100h today, 2 September. This has been a dramatic fire in a relatively narrow, populated valley.
View from the Mallard’s Rest takeout on the Yellowstone.
The black colouring on the foothills is burn from the past week.
Residents try to find out information on their residence as dusk falls.
As of the latest report, the fire sits at 9,578 acres. 302 personnel are on scene and, with the help of rains last night, the fire is now 30% contained.
Many thanks for our wildland fire crews out there getting the job done. True professionals.
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