![]() ![]() Motorists are advised to use an alternate route. The Montana Department of Transportation has closed Highway 212 between Crow Agency and Broadus due to the fire. ![]() Perineal Dialysis patients please go to the Charging Horse Casino Red Cross ETA is 3:00 pm Transportation is set up at the Cheyenne Depot 2 Evacuation Shelter is at the Lame Deer Boys & Girls Club If you have questions call the Incident Command at 4 The fire has jumped Kelly Creek, the agency said in a Facebook post, and winds are pushing flames to the east. The Northern Cheyenne Disaster and Emergency Services said the Red Cross is scheduled to arrive at about 3 p.m. The Montana Department of Natural Resources is now estimating the Richard Spring fire has grown to at least 150,000 acres.Ĭhris Pileski, the area manager of the agency’s eastern land office, called that number a conservative estimate and noted the size seems to be constantly changing.ĭonna Fisher, president of the Northern Cheyenne tribe, said Tuesday afternoon she’s heard estimates as high as 180,000 acres, though that number is not official. A sudden power outage sent Red Cross representative scrambling to find a generator and considering moving the shelter to Hardin. The shelter had around 50 displaced people as of 5:30 p.m. Q2 News has learned at least 200 to 300 people have evacuated today from the Yellow Hair and Walking subdivisions.Īmong those evacuees: Northern Cheyenne Tribal President Donna Fisher and her family.įisher told Q2 she has settled her family into an emergency shelter at the Lame Deer Boys and Girls Club. He says some structures have been destroyed, but so far no homes that they know of. The fire that sparked three days ago has raged all day and impacted 200 to 300 Ashland residents, the town itself, and the Amish community just north of there.Ĭhris Pileski of the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation says the fire is heading north and southeast but feels like it’s moving in all directions as the winds whip through the region. Residents in two subdivisions, as well as homes along the Tongue River, are loading up onto buses and into vehicles to evacuate the area. Tuesday, and fire officials say those numbers are growing every couple minutes. ![]() The Richard Spring fire has jumped to at least 150,000 acres as of 6 p.m. Dry fuel and extremely high winds pushed flames and forced hundreds to evacuate on the Northern Cheyenne reservation near Ashland Tuesday. ![]()
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