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CANYON CREEK, Mont. — Authorities in western Montana roused people from their beds early Friday to flee an approaching wildfire, as thunderstorms sparked dozens more in blazes across the West in Idaho and Nevada.
Montana authorities began knocking on doors at 3 a.m. Friday, warning residents that a fire in the Bitterroot National Forest was threatening their homes.
The Downing Mountain fire was reported Thursday evening and grew to 415 acres by Friday afternoon, said forest spokesman Tod McKay. But the blaze was moving west, away from houses and away from the town of Hamilton, which is 3 miles away, he said.
