Potomac house fire total loss

POTOMAC – Greenough-Potomac Volunteer Fire Department responded to a structure fire just before 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 31. The house on Coloma Way was fully involved. While firefighters were not able to save the structure, they kept it from spreading to nearby outbuildings and wildlands. The homeowner was taken to Missoula via ambulance for burns. No one else was injured. The cause is still under investigation.

GPVFD Assistant Chief Justin Iverson arrived on scene three minutes after the page at 12:50 p.m. Saturday afternoon. Iverson said smoke was visible from Clearwater Junction. "You couldn'...