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Reminder - Use Common Sense, Be Safe this Fourth

Local emergency officials are asking everyone to use common sense this Fourth of July.

Fireworks are prohibited on state and federal lands. According to Greenough-Potomac Volunteer Fire Chief Ryan Hall, shooting off fireworks is also not allowed in designated forested lands, land within one air mile of forest as defined by the Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. This leaves very few places were fireworks are allowed in the Blackfoot, Clearwater and Swan Valleys.

While the fire danger is low due to all the moisture, firework...

 

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