Boundary Fire (2018)

The Boundary Fire was a wildfire in Glacier National Park in the U.S. state of Montana. First reported in the evening of August 23, 2018, the fire was located slightly more than a mile west of Waterton Lake in the Boundary Creek Valley near Campbell Mountain. The fire straddles the international border but did not cross into Waterton Lakes National Park in Alberta, Canada. After it was detected on August 23, the fire quickly grew to more than 1500 acre over the next two days but cooler and wetter weather conditions prevented significant growth after that. Firefighters were deployed to the Goat Haunt region to install sprinklers and be prepared for structure protection. By September 9, the fire was reported as being 2896 acre and only 12 percent contained.