We were suprised to find that we would be driving across more than one state for our next fire. We stopped in Kennewick, WA for the night and made it the rest of  the way through Idaho the next day, the sky being very smoky throughout all of our entire trip through Idaho.

Missoula – Jocko Lakes Fire http://www.inciweb.org/incident/904/

Billings – Ford Fire http://www.inciweb.org/incident/953/
The Ford Fire was in the Emerald Hills subdivision on the outskirts of Billings. We arrived once the fire was secured, but this time we were in some different territory, suburban houses instead of a forest. I remember putting out a smoker right next to a man’s house and he came outside and gave us drinks. As I came to find out, Billings is home to a few oil refineries. For a few nights we slept across the highway from the Exxon Mobile refinery.

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http://www.inciweb.org/incident/918/

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http://www.inciweb.org/incident/901/

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