Boundary Fire (2018)
 | This article needs to be updated. (January 2023) |
| Boundary Fire | |
|---|---|
 Boundary Fire on August 26, 2018 | |
| Date(s) | August 23 - current, 2018 6:15PM |
| Location | Glacier National Park, Glacier County, Montana, United States |
| Coordinates | 48°58′48″N 113°58′34″W / 48.98°N 113.976°W[1] |
| Statistics | |
| Burned area | 2,911 acres (1,178 ha) |
| Land use | Forest |
| Impacts | |
| Deaths | 0 |
| Non-fatal injuries | 0 |
| Ignition | |
| Cause | Unknown |
The Boundary Fire was a wildfire in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. First reported in the evening of August 23, 2018, the fire was located slightly more than a mile west of Waterton Lake in the Boundary Creek Valley near Campbell Mountain. The fire straddles the international border but did not cross into Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada. After it was detected on August 23, the fire quickly grew to more than 1,500 acres (610 ha) over the next two days but cooler and wetter weather conditions prevented significant growth after that. Firefighters were deployed to the Goat Haunt region to install sprinklers and be prepared for structure protection.[2] By September 9, the fire was reported as being 2,896 acres (1,172 ha) and only 12 percent contained.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Boundary Fire". InciWeb Incident Information System. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ^ "Glacier National Park Boundary Fire Update". National Park Service. Retrieved August 28, 2018.
