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| Freedom on the line |
| By missoulanews.bigskypress.com - Dameon Pisanti |
| Published: 08/15/2013 |
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The Ridgerunners were nearly home from a project in Helena earlier this summer when they saw plumes of smoke billowing from the mountains behind Deer Lodge. "I said to myself, 'Nah, that can't be, it's only May. It's not even fire season yet,'" Tom Gillibrand recalls. Twenty minutes later Gillibrand's phone rang. Rumsey Gulch was burning and the Ridgerunners were needed at the site—immediately. When they arrived, the blaze quickly consumed one house and, 40 minutes later, burned down four more. "It happened so damn fast," Incident Commander Joe Brabender says. "We didn't even get fully on the scene when that fire made its run. It was so chaotic." That first night, the crew slept in its tents on the side of the road and prepared to tackle the fire early the next morning. While they rested, an officer kept guard, staying awake all night until every one of the Ridgerunners had woken up and moved to a fire line. Read More. |
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