Late-season wildfire rips through Montana farming town

Dozens of homes and four historic grain elevators burned as fire agencies continue to battle wind-driven blaze

A late-season wildfire that came amid unseasonably warm weather and was pushed by strong winds ripped through a tiny central Montana farming town overnight, burning 24 homes and four grain elevators that had stood for more than a century.

Officials were assessing the damage in Denton on Thursday morning while crews continued to fight the fire.