July driest month in many years for parts of Phillips County

The month of July in Phillips County started with a fire in the Zortman and Landusky areas that ended up burning over 11 thousands acres and ended with a small reprieve from extreme heats and a little bit of rain. In-between, folks in Phillips County suffered during one of the driest months in recent memory, a number of smaller fires and extreme heats.

Phillips County Volunteer Fire fighter Greg Kelsey told the PCN that local volunteer fire crews responded to at least 10 fires since the July Fire erupted (and had fire fighters at the July Fire at many times to make sure no structures caught fi...