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Fires in Napa County and Glacier National Park, MT
(Reuters) – A wildfire in Montana’s Glacier National Park raged for a fourth day through heavy timber on Friday during peak visitor season, while another blaze in Northern California charred the mountains above Napa Valley wine country, officials said.
The 4,000-acre (162-hectare) Reynolds Creek Fire in northern Montana broke out on Tuesday and forced the closure of the main road through the eastern half of the park, which receives more than 2 million visitors a year.
The fire has forced the closure of the Rising Sun and St. Mary campgrounds, a nearby motor inn and several trails, as well as a 20-mile (32-km) stretch of the picturesque Going-to-the-Sun Road which bisects the park.
The rest of Glacier National Park, which covers over 1 million acres (400,000 hectares) in northwestern Montana and straddles the Canadian border, remained open to the public. The park receives more visitors during July than any other month.
The fire is zero-percent contained, officials said.
Read more at http://newsdaily.com/2015/07/wildfire-at-montanas-glacier-national-park-rages-for-fourth-day/#yhmX3Y3FyKZLmUtC.99