Dive Summary:
- Hundreds of homes in Montana lost electricity after a 30,000-acre fire damaged a transmission line, but power had reportedly been restored to many of them as of Sunday night.
- The Delphia blaze knocked out power for more than 500 NorthWestern customers in Musselshell and Melstone. the Billings Gazette reports.
- A Fergus Electric Cooperative spokesman indicated that it could be "several days at least" before more power is restored.
From the article:
Power has been restored to several hundred homes that spent the weekend without electricity after the 30,000-acre Delphia fire torched a transmission line.
Pat McKelvey, fire information officer for the Type 2 incident management team in charge of firefighting efforts, said the power was restored to the areas of Melstone and Musselshell on Sunday night. ...
