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Montana Wildfire Fight Draws Help From Other States

Crews from Utah and California are headed to Montana to lend support in the battle against the state's wildfires, even as blazes rage back home.
A peak is shrouded in smoke from regional wildfires on July 14, at Grand Teton National Park, south of Yellowstone.
Updated July 25, 2021 at 12:28 AM ET

Out-of-state crews are headed to Montana to help fight massive fires there as the western part of the country continues to be ravaged by flames and drought.

Gov. Greg Gianforte announced Friday that crews from Utah and California — two states dealing with their own fires — were arriving over the weekend to help battle blazes that had become increasingly worrisome.

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