What the records say
- When
- 2017
- Kind
- Wildfire
- Coordinates
- 47.27° N, 113.31° W
- Description
- 2017 wildfire in Montana, United States
- Date from
- year in its Wikidata description
Rice Ridge Fire
2017 wildfire in Montana, United States
The Rice Ridge Fire was a wildfire that burned northeast of Seeley Lake in the Lolo National Forest in Montana in the United States. The fire, which was started by a lightning strike on July 24, 2017, became a megafire on September 3, growing from 40,000 acres (162 km2) to over 100,000 acres (405 km2), at which time it became the nation’s top wildfire priority as of early September 2017.
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