Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire I think I might lose my house to a wildfire! Tonight...

Shortside: I can't do anything to save your home (I am 66 years old and 200 miles away) but I can offer you and your family a place to live right here in my 5,400 square foot home if the need should arise!
I pray that your home will be spared!
Fires literally surround us here in SW Montana but the forests are sparse and seperated by large valleys and plains.
You all would be safe here with us.
We have 3 unused bedrooms, a sauna, and a hot tub to relax in.
Let me know when you may need to arrive.
My phone numbers are:
(H) 406-683-6888
(C) 206-200-3791
I hold our now "green oriented" (liberal!) forest service partially (significantly!) to blame for the terrible conditions of our forests here in the Rocky Mountain west and the HUGE number of fires so far in this early fire season!
Thankfully you are safe - you will enjoy your stay in Dillon, Montana should the need arise.
If you have children we have wonderful schools here and the year starts on September 3rd.
Call anytime.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

People who evacuated because of the Lolo Creek Complex fire can return home, according to the Saturday morning fire update from incident command.

U.S. Highway 12 has reopened as well, although the speed limit has been reduced to 45 mph between mile markers 20 and 32. No parking or stopping along the roadway is allowed, and motorists should be aware of firefighting equipment, which will also be using the road.

"Visibility this morning is pretty bad because of the fire," said fire information officer Phil Sammon.

Progress on the fire over the past several days led to lifting the evacuation orders and reopening the highway, Sammon said.

Crews were aided in further containing the 10,687-acre blaze Friday by retardant drops along the northwest section of the fire.

Three Hotshot crews were able to control roll-outs on the fire's eastern section, and crews along Highway 12 continued to mop up around homes. Containment on the fire is at 40 percent.

"Most of the containment is along the Highway 12 corridor," Sammon said.

With areas where homes were most threatened better under control, crews' attention will shift Saturday to the northern part of the fire, he said.

Crews will continue to mop up other parts of the fire area and make sure that containment lines hold, he added.

When returning to homes, be aware of any smoke that looks out of place and search for hot spots or embers, Sammon said.

"It could be a hot spot that's flaring up or something like that," he said.

People returning home will see National Guard troops blocking access to forest lands, which remain closed, he said.

Also, people should be aware that a pre-evacuation warning remains in effect. If a slow-moving emergency vehicle with its lights on goes through someone's neighborhood, they will have to evacuate again, he said.

How many spotted owls can live in a burned out forest?

Well more than enough.

Thank you all so much. All is well. Our home is safe. We can get back in. It got really close but we are in the clear!

We moved a friends stock back in, and dropped our essentials off at the house. The firefighters watered and fed our chickens and kept the garden alive.

This thread is really something! All the kind words prayers and support are much appreciated. The rest isn't worth the air to argue with.

My family is all safe and sound and that is what matters.

Regards
Matt

Thank you all so much. All is well. Our home is safe. We can get back in. It got really close but we are in the clear!

We moved a friends stock back in, and dropped our essentials off at the house. The firefighters watered and fed our chickens and kept the garden alive.

This thread is really something! All the kind words prayers and support are much appreciated. The rest isn't worth the air to argue with.

My family is all safe and sound and that is what matters.

Regards
Matt