(MILES CITY, Mont.) - The Pumpkin Fire burning 15 miles southwest of Miles City in eastern Montana, is now 75-percent contained. Evacuation orders have been lifted allowing residents to return home.
A temporary flight restriction remains in place for the area as large air tankers, single engine air tankers, helicopters, engines and heavy equipment from multiple agencies and departments are working to contain and suppress the fire, now estimated at 1,289 acres.
Twelve federal, state and county engines along with a U.S. Forest Service, Type 2 Initial Attack hand crew are assigned to the fire.
“All-in-all, the strong coordination efforts with the aviation and ground resources allowed us to hit it really hard and we were able to knock it down relatively fast," said Craig Howells, BLM Fire Management Officer.
No structures have been lost. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Fire information can be found here- https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6927/
Source: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management
