Northwestern Energy: Downed power line may have sparked the West Wind Fire

The West Wind Fire in Fergus County is still zero percent contained but was showing minimal fire activity today. Enhanced mapping shows the size of the fire as 10,644 acres, down from an earlier estimate.

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