Progress Made On Montana Fire

Containment of a 60-acre wildfire northeast of here was expected Monday night after about 130 people were assigned to fight it.

Two helicopters dumped buckets of water on parts of the fire Monday and an air tanker was on standby, said Ken Mergenthaler of the fire dispatch center in Helena. The aerial attack on Sunday, the day the fire was reported, involved four air tankers and two helicopters.

Copper Creek campground was closed as a precaution.

The fire, caused by lightning, burned timber in the Helena National Forest.