A prescribed fire being conducted by the Montana Department of Resources and Conservation north of Great Falls on Wednesday escaped and burned 560 acres of state and private land. The goal of the project was to treat 160 acres of DNRC trust land with prescribed fire.
The fire got away at about 12:30 p.m. when the fire activity increased and the five engines on scene ran out of water and could not contain it. After receiving assistance from firefighters in Cascade and Teton counties they controlled the fire by 3:30 p.m. No structures or crops were damaged.
