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Big Hollow Fire

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Unit Information

Montana Department of Natural Resources & Conservation 
1539 Eleventh Ave. 
Helena, 
Montana 
59601 
Montana Department of Natural Resources & Conservation 
1539 Eleventh Ave. 
Helena, 
Montana 
59601 

Incident Contacts

  • Helen Duran
    Email:
    helen.duran@mt.gov
    Phone:
    406-272-2750

Photographs Gallery

Big Hollow Fire- Firefighters extinguishing heat (mopping up)
Forest scene with wispy smoke in the background. To the left firefighters are digging and to the right is a piece of equipment that carries water.
Forest scene with wispy smoke in the background. To the left firefighters are digging and to the right is a piece of equipment that carries water.
Big Hollow Fire- Firefighters extinguishing heat (mopping up)

Firefighters mopping up with the assistance of a skidgine, a logging skidder modified to have a water tank on the back. This piece of equipment is good for getting water into semi remote locations where engines can't drive.

Big Hollow Fire Interior Timber Patch Smoke
Blackened area from fire with patches of trees that have wispy smoke rising from them.
Blackened area from fire with patches of trees that have wispy smoke rising from them.
Big Hollow Fire Interior Timber Patch Smoke

Big Hollow Fire interior timber patch smoke.

Big Hollow- Helicopter Dropping Water on Mid-day Flare-up
Helicopter with a bucket attached to the bottom dropping water on burning area putting up smoke.
Helicopter with a bucket attached to the bottom dropping water on burning area putting up smoke.
Big Hollow- Helicopter Dropping Water on Mid-day Flare-up

Helicopter Dropping Water on Mid-day Flare-up

Big Hollow Fire
Image of smoke plume from fire with grey, cloudy skies in background, yellow field in foreground with a fence running through it.
Image of smoke plume from fire with grey, cloudy skies in background, yellow field in foreground with a fence running through it.
Big Hollow Fire

Smoke plume from Big Hollow Fire visible from down the road. 

Helicopter conducts bucket drops
Helicopter conducts bucket drops over field with blackened vegetation with mountain top in background
Helicopter conducts bucket drops over field with blackened vegetation with mountain top in background
Helicopter conducts bucket drops

Helicopter conducts bucket drops

Smoke plume on Big Hollow Fire
Smoke plume against grey, cloudy sky with blackened vegetation in foreground
Smoke plume against grey, cloudy sky with blackened vegetation in foreground
Smoke plume on Big Hollow Fire

Smoke plume on Big Hollow Fire

Butte-Silver Bow fire department engine travels down two-track in blackened grass of fire
Butte-Silver Bow fire department engine travels down two-track in blackened grass of fire
Butte-Silver Bow fire department engine travels down two-track in blackened grass of fire
Butte-Silver Bow fire department engine travels down two-track in blackened grass of fire

Butte-Silver Bow fire department engine travels down two-track in blackened grass of fire. 

Big Hollow Fire Perimeter Map August 24, 2024
Big Hollow Fire Perimeter Map August 24, 2024
Big Hollow Fire Perimeter Map August 24, 2024
Big Hollow Fire Perimeter Map August 24, 2024

Big Hollow Fire Perimeter Map August 24, 2024

Big Hollow Fire Smoke August 24, 2024
Big Hollow Fire Smoke August 24, 2024
Big Hollow Fire Smoke August 24, 2024
Big Hollow Fire Smoke August 24, 2024

Big Hollow Fire Smoke August 24, 2024

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