A Forest Service photo showing the locations where some of the men who died in the Mann Gulch fire fell on Aug. 5, 1949. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
August 8, 2024
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Mann Gulch: The fire that changed everything
Seventy-five years ago, earth and sky turned into fire. The flames of the Mann Gulch fire spread rapidly, overtaking 16 men sent to tame it in a gulch outside of Helena. Just three survived.