Boundary Fire
Boundary Fire on August 26, 2018
LocationGlacier National Park, Glacier County, Montana, United States
Coordinates48°58′48″N 113°58′34″W / 48.98°N 113.976°W / 48.98; -113.976[1]
Statistics
Date(s)August 23 - current, 2018
6:15PM
Burned area2,911 acres (1,178 ha)
CauseUnknown
Land useForest
Deaths0
Non-fatal injuries0

The Boundary Fire is a wildfire in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. First reported in the evening of August 23, 2018, the fire is located slightly more than a mile west of Waterton Lake in the Boundary Creek Valley near Campbell Mountain. The fire straddles the international border but did not cross into Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada. After it was detected on August 23, the fire quickly grew to more than 1,500 acres (610 ha) over the next two days but cooler and wetter weather conditions prevented significant growth after that. Firefighters were deployed to the Goat Haunt region to install sprinklers and be prepared for structure protection.[2] By September 9 the fire was reported as being 2,896 acres (1,172 ha) and only 12 percent contained.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Boundary Fire". InciWeb Incident Information System. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Glacier National Park Boundary Fire Update". National Park Service. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
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