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A friend has sent you a link to an article found on FlatheadBeacon.com. To read the full text of this article online, click here: http://www.flatheadbeacon.com/articles/article/fire_west_of_stevensville_expands_to_400_acres/11941/ ARTICLE EXCERPT: HAMILTON – A wildfire burning in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, seven miles northwest of Stevensville, has expanded to 400 acres. Forest Service spokeswoman Nan Christianson says the west-northwest corner of the Kootenai Creek fire has reached the ridge between Kootenai Creek and Bass Creek. It was burning actively Thursday afternoon. Meanwhile, the Independent Record newspaper reported that a wildfire near Dearborn north of Helena consumed between 65 and 80 acres and forced the temporary evacuation of some homes.