East Fork Fire 100 percent contained

Staff and wire report

The incident commander of the East Fork Fire in the Bear Paw Mountains said the cool weather and rain has helped with the fire, which was declared 100 percent contained Saturday.

“Things went very well over the weekend,” incident commander Don Pyrah of the state Department of Natural Resources and Conservation said this morning. “ … I’m feeling really good where were at, to be really honest with you.”

The fire started by the East Fork Reservoir on Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation Sunday, Aug. 27, and by the end burned 21,896 acres.

Pyrah said he is demobilizing the resource...