Chinook copter tackles wild fire near Pipe Creek Road
The Western News | UPDATED 8 hours, 6 minutes AGO
A Boeing CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter, operated by Montana-based Billings Flying Service, heads to Rainbow Lake to fill its bucket with water for fighting the Lost Horse Fire Wednesday, July 22, 2026, southeast of Flatiron Mountain in Lincoln County. (Scott Shindledecker/The Western News)
A Boeing CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter, operated by Montana-based Billings Flying Service, heads to Rainbow Lake to fill its bucket with water for fighting the Lost Horse Fire Wednesday, July 22, 2026, southeast of Flatiron Mountain in Lincoln County. (Scott Shindledecker/The Western News)
Wild fires kept popping up across Lincoln County, mostly due to lightning.
One was up Pipe Creek Road, southeast of Flat Top Mountain, north of Turner Mountain Ski Area. A Chinook helicopter dropped large bucket loads of water from Rainbow Lake on the fire Wednesday, July 22, 2026, while ground crews worked on the smoldering fire. The 2.5-acre fire was contained that evening.
A Boeing CH-47 Chinook heavy-lift helicopter, operated by Montana-based Billings Flying Service, heads to Rainbow Lake to fill its bucket with water for fighting the Lost Horse Fire Wednesday, July 22, 2026, southeast of Flatiron Mountain in Lincoln County. (Scott Shindledecker/The Western News)