Montana: Dominic Point fire

Dominic Point Fire, July 25, 2010
Dominic Point Fire, northeast of Hamilton, MT. The photo was taken from south of Hamilton, about 15 miles from the fire at 1700, July 25, 2010. Submitted photo.

On Sunday the Dominic Point fire was discovered at 3 p.m. about 12 miles northeast of Hamilton, Montana (map).  Likely a holdover from a lightning bust from a couple of days ago, it appears to be cranking, and is in hot, dry, inaccessible terrain in the Bitterroot National Forest.

The photo was taken about two hours after the fire was reported.

UPDATE at 9:16 a.m. MT, July 26 : more information, including a map of the Dominic Point fire, is now available.

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Author: Bill Gabbert

After working full time in wildland fire for 33 years, he continues to learn, and strives to be a Student of Fire.

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  1. Inciweb has a collection of photos.

    http://inciweb.org/incident/photographs/2038/

    Windy with lightning this evening, 4 or 5 raindrops, 80 degrees in the valley, overcast all day. Enough wind about 1800 to probably stop the air show. The lookout guy from Willow Mt. Lookout was on KPAX TV (CBS MSO) and said flame lengths yesterday ran 100+feet with fire behavior like the 2000 fires.

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