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Skillet Fire Crosses Forest Boundary

Thursday, August 6, 2026

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The Skillet Fire, detected July 29 in Montana's Flathead National Forest, crossed into Kootenai National Forest on July 30, 2026. A Complex Incident Management Team assumed command August 2.

An evacuation order remains in effect for the Good Creek/Alder Creek Area as of August 1, 2026. The fire is actively burning in heavy timber and dead trees.

📄 Source: InciWeb Active Wildfires — http://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/mtfnf-skillet-fire

Checked against the public record6 of 8 claims · 75%

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The Skillet Fire was detected in Montana's Flathead National Forest“The Skillet Fire was detected in the Tally Lake Ranger District of the Flathead National Forest, roughly 15 miles from Olney, MT in the Bowen Creek area.”
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The Skillet Fire was detected on July 29“The Skillet Fire was detected in the Tally Lake Ranger District of the Flathead National Forest, roughly 15 miles from Olney, MT in the Bowen Creek area. The fire was reported in the afternoon of July 29, 2026.”
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The Skillet Fire crossed into Kootenai National Forest on July 30, 2026“The fire crossed the Kootenai National Forest boundary on July 30.”
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A Complex Incident Management Team assumed command on August 2“A Complex Incident Management Team assumed command of the fire on August 2, 2026.”
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An evacuation order remains in effect for the Good Creek/Alder Creek Area“null”
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The evacuation order remains in effect as of August 1, 2026“null”
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The fire is actively burning in heavy timber“The fire is actively and aggressively burning in heavy timber and dead and down trees.”
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The fire is actively burning in dead trees“The fire is actively and aggressively burning in heavy timber and dead and down trees.”