A small fire erupted on the eastern edge of the park near the head of Red Eagle Lake on July 28 and ballooned to over 34,000 acres, spreading into the Blackfeet Indian Reservation. The cause of the fire was undetermined. The park evacuated the Cut Bank campground and closed area trails, including the backcountry Atlantic Creek campground. Highway 89 was also closed north of Browning and just south of Babb. The Red Eagle Fire burned through fall and was finally called “dead out” in winter.