The Montana Gap
Firefighters from five area departments work to extinguish the flames in one Boulder mobile home as smoke still rises from another one totally lost behind them.
Story & photos by Jan Anderson
Editor, Boulder Monitor
BOULDER, MONT – When fire destroyed two mobile homes in a Boulder trailer court and damaged two others in June 2016, it underscored what the community had known for years: affordable housing was at a premium.
Calling the blocks of closely placed pre-1976 mobile homes "a ticking time bomb," Boulder Fire Chief Shane Maichel said the entire area could easily have gone up in flames, jeopardizing lives. It took five area fire departments to keep that from happening.
But when city officials responded with proposed regulatory changes, occupants o...
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