Park wildfire on the move

A WILDFIRE in Montana’s Glacier National Park is forcing more evacuations and has burned within 800m of the scenic Going-to-the-Sun Road.

Protecting the highway through the park is officials’ priority, with firefighters installing hoses and sprinklers to prevent it from spreading there, The Missoulian newspaper reported.

If that happens, destabilisation could lead rock and trees to fall for years, operations chief Rocky Gilbert said.

Part of the 80km, two-lane road is closed.