Big Stretch fire burns south of Havre

Havre Daily News/Nikki Carlson

A structure is caught in the middle of a huge grass fire Friday afternoon, just east of Laredo Road, south of Havre.

The region survived another major grass fire, the second in two weeks, again with no injuries and no structure damage.

"That was another blessing, " Kremlin Fire Chief Kody Peterson, who took over as incident commander when he arrived Friday, said this morning.

The cause of the fire is not known, he said.

Peterson said the fire, which the firefighters named the Big Stretch Fire due to the length of property burned, started on Rocky Boy's Indian Res...