(AP) - Beleaguered firefighters in Montana enjoyed something of a lull in their battle against dozens of wildfires, but a new blaze near Yellowstone National Park forced the evacuation of up to 150 homes.And a firestorm in a remote Idaho forest destroyed most of the buildings at a guest ranch, and another guest ranch was ordered evacuated.There were concerns the entire town of Red Lodge, a resort community near Yellowstone in south-central Montana, might have to be evacuated in the face of the blaze. Wind was expected to gust to 30 mph during the night.``We're constantly reevaluating whether there will be a need to evacuate the town,'' population 1,875, a Forest Service official said Sunday.Near the town, 100 to 150 homes were evacuated, fire officials said Monday. The blaze had covered 3,000 acres by Monday morning.No other major flare-ups were reported Sunday in the state, where more than 10,000 firefighters worked to combat 23 wildfires that have consumed some 670,000 acres.``Everything stayed about the same,'' said Dan Kincaid, information officer for a fire burning between Helena and Bozeman that has turned more than 84,000 acres to ash.Whether fire crews were in fact able to hold their own Sunday may not be known until officials get their next look at aerial infrared photos that accurately map the fires' boundaries at night.``I have a feeling that we'll discover that some of the fires have increased dramatically,'' said E.Lynn Burkett of the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho. ``There's so many elements out there working against us - steep canyons, winds that make fires run.''Gusty wind in central Idaho on Sunday turned one of the blazes in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness into a firestorm that raced six miles and burned 21 of the 29 buildings at the Pistol Creek Ranch. The main lodge at the guest ranch was unharmed but 17 cabins were destroyed.The area had been evacuated long before and no injuries w...
