Winds fuel River Road East Fire near Paradise
The River Road East Fire outside of Paradise in Sanders County ballooned to more than 13,000 acres with help from gusting winds Friday evening. (Mike Tatum photo)
Flames from the River Road East Fire dot the mountain slopes on the edge of Paradise Saturday morning. (Chuck Bandel/VP-MI)
Tracks from a firefighting truck mark the remnants of a fire that broke out along Montana 200 south of Paradise on Friday. (Chuck Bandel/VP-MI)
Firefights outside the Paradise Community Center on Saturday morning. (Chuck Bandel/VP-MI)
Authorities closed Montana 200 just outside Plains at the junction with Montana 28 on Friday. Traffic was diverted to Montana 28 toward Hot Springs. (Chuck Bandel/VP-MI)
A column of smoke rises from the site of a grass fire near Paradise on Friday afternoon. The fire ballooned to more than 13,000 acres by Saturday. (Chuck Bandel/VP-MI)
High winds that wreaked havoc around the town of Paradise on Friday subsided overnight, slowing the advance of the wind-fueled River Road East Fire that began during the afternoon along the railroad tracks near the Clark Fork River.
Gusts that were strong enough to create dust devils in open lots across Montana 200 from the small community quickly spread the scope of the fire to include mountain slopes on both sides of Paradise...
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