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Two lightning-caused wildfires burning in the Tobacco Root Mountains have burned over 3,000 acres since last week and have been assigned a complex incident management team.

The Bivens Creek fire was reported on Aug. 13 around 6 p.m. and the Cloudrest fire was reported on Aug. 14 around 4 p.m. by the Alert West camera system.

As of Monday morning, the Bivens Creek fire has burned 2,059 acres and the Cloudrest fire has burned 1,182 acres, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Both fires are 0% contained.

Both fires are about 15 miles north of Virginia Ci

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