Glacier Park’s Sperry Chalet burns down

High winds pushed the Sprague fire into Glacier National Park’s historic Sperry Chalet http://www.sperrychalet.com/ Thursday, burning it down, according to InciWeb.

"A highly skilled group of firefighters were staged at the Sperry Chalet over the last week. … The firefighters, supported by three helicopters, made a valiant stand to save the structure but were unsuccessful in saving the main Sperry Chalet," the national wildfire information service posted shortly after 7 p.m.

JAYME FRASER and Missoulian staff [email protected]

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