Fire crews were mopping up a wildfire that occurred about a mile southeast of the Basin Creek Campground just south of Butte. Forest Service officials say it’s very unusual to see this kind of fire behavior this time of year.
“We’ve felt like we’ve been kind of jolted into what we call, you know, our fire season,” U.S. Forest Service Fire Information Officer Terina Hill said.
The Basin Creek Reservoir was reported on the afternoon of Feb. 28th, about 11 miles south of Butte. As of March 2nd the progress of the fire has been halted to about 6.7 acres.
