Seeley Lake - Not Out of the Woods

SEELEY LAKE – For the second time this week, the Seeley Lake Elementary gym was filled for a public meeting about the Rice Ridge Fire. The Thursday meeting updated the community on fire operations for both the Rice Ridge and Liberty fires burning near Seeley Lake.

The meeting began with a moment of silence for the two firefighters who have been killed fighting blazes on the Lolo National Forest. Nineteen-year-old Trenton Johnson died on the Florence Fire near Seeley Lake on July 19. and 29-year-old Brent Witham died on the Lolo Peak Fire this week.

Afterwards, updates for the Rice Ridge Fire b...