MISSOULA — The recent thunderstorm that rolled through Missoula started a small fire on Blue Mountain.
A little after 6 p.m. Sunday, the Missoula Rural Fire District responded to a wildfire around the Blue Mountain Recreation Trailhead near the Hayes Creek Drainage. The fire was reported to have started from a lightning strike.
14 firefighters responded to the scene, fighting a fire that burned about a tenth of an acre. The Forest Service will monitor the fire for the next several days.
