CLARK FORK — It's not the first time the Northern Rockies Incident Management Team has fought fires in Bonner County.

The team, led by Shane Martin, fought the Bee Top Fire in the Lightning Creek drainage in 2023.

Friday, Martin and the Northern Rockies IMT 9 returned to the area to lead the effort to fight the Lightning Creek Fire.

Martin and a host of area officials spoke to about 100 residents from the Hope and Clark Fork area as part of a community meeting to update them on the fire, efforts to battle the large wildfire and potential risk to the community.

Questions ranged from smoke concerns to where they could find information on air quality to where residents could go in the event of an emergency and what was the status of timber sales that could minimize fuel load in the event

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