Wildfire under control east of Fort Belknap

A wind driven wildfire burned about 1,000 acres east of the Fort Belknap Agency last Wednesday afternoon and evening. According to Byard Lame Bull, Fort Belknap's Acting Fire Management Officer, the fire began about 2:30 p.m. and winds gusting to 60 miles per hour eventually created a fire five to six miles long and a mile wide in some areas. Lame Bull said in a midmorning phone interview on Thursday, "We are doing mop up operations and the fire is 95 percent contained. A few cottonwoods and bales of hay are still burning." The fire, per Lame Bull, was under control by about 11 p.m. on Wednesd...