Article: BIG CREEK FIRE FACT SHEET, AUG. 13

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's U.S. Forest Service unit - Gallatin National Forest - issued the following press release:

DATE OF DETECTION: July 29, 2006

CAUSE: Lightning

CURRENT SIZE: 12,134 Acres

CONTAINMENT: 80 percent

LOCATION: The Big Creek Fire is located approximately 29 miles southwest of Livingston, Montana, and approximately 5 miles west, southwest of Emigrant, Montana.

The fire is burning on the Livingston Ranger District of the Gallatin National Forest as well as private land within Park County.

STATUS: The fire remained active Saturday until late afternoon showers came through dumping approximately two tenths of an inch of rain over the fire area. These rains were not ...

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