Rock Point Fire Grows By About 40 Acres

The Rock Point Fire in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness has grown to the west about 43 acres.

Bitterroot National Forest Public Affairs Officer Tod McKay said the fire is in steep, rugged terrain about 3 miles west of the Montana-Idaho line (see map).

The lightning-caused fire was discovered this last weekend and 11 people are at the fire, laying hose line from Bear Creek to try to keep the fire from crossing the Bear Creek trail.

The fire is on the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest, about four and a half miles from the trailhead in Montana up Lost Horse Canyon. Smoke is drifting into the Bitterroot Valley through the Lost Horse and Lake Como canyons.

Fire information from Inciweb included a video of the fire Tuesday from a helicopter.

Here's the video of the Rock Point Fire on Tuesday, July 21.