Weather Limits Advance of Montana Wildfire
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From Times Wire Reports
Cooler weather helped firefighters as they tried to rein in a blaze that jumped the main defense line near Polebridge in extreme northwestern Montana. After days of showing little movement, the 25,000-acre fire broke loose, burning an additional 400 to 500 acres, fire information officer Marty O’Toole said.
Thirty miles to the south, residents and business operators began returning to the town of West Glacier after an evacuation order was lifted.
The fires were among about 25 major active blazes in the West.
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