GALLERY: Fire threatens northern Great Falls

Firefighters battle a grass fire that threatened structures at Vineyard Road and Thunder Road on Tuesday afternoon.

Janelle Bates, concerned for horses and dogs locked in kennels inside, cries as officers tell her she can not go back for them as the fire burns south towards Skyline Drive NW Tuesday.

People from the Eagles Crossing development watch as a grass fire approaches homes in the neighborhood north of Skyline on Tuesday evening.

Flames burn towards Skyline Dr. NW Tuesday.

Residents worry for their homes just past a road block on 6th St. NW Tuesday.

Alex Kern helps direct traffic on 36th Ave NW as fire burns near a field at the end of the street Tuesday.

Firemen work to extinguish a blaze burning near a structure Tuesday.

Kenneth Kern waters the border of his neighbor's property as fields burn north of Great Falls Tuesday.

People from the Eagles Crossing development watch as a grass fire approaches homes in the neighborhood north of Skyline on Tuesday evening.

A bystander walks back to 36th Ave. NE after watching the blaze Tuesday.

Residents watch smoke roll over homes as firefighters work to control flames just north of the neighborhood Tuesday.

A bystander watches firefighters work to put out flames near a structure Tuesday.

Flames burn in stubble fields near homes north of town on Tuesday evening from the Vineyard Road Fire which ignited earlier in the day.

Flames burn in stubble fields near homes north of town on Tuesday evening , which started along Vineyard Road earlier in the day.

A fire burns in northern Great Falls on Tuesday.

A DNRC helicopter battles a grass fire at Vinyard Road and Thunder Road on Tuesday afternoon. Several homes were threatened during the blaze.

Residents water their lawns as flames hover over the neighborhood Tuesday.

Fire north of Great Falls on Tuesday.

People watch as a fire burns north of town on Tuesday evening causing several neighborhoods to be evacuated.

Fire north of Great Falls on Tuesday.

A fire burns north of Great Falls on Tuesday.

People watch as a fire burns north of town on Tuesday evening causing several neighborhoods to be evacuated.

People from the Eagles Crossing development watch as a grass fire approaches homes in the neighborhood north of Skyline on Tuesday evening.

Spotter plane circles the fire north of Great Falls on Tuesday evening. Residents living north of Skyline were evacuated as a precaution.

Great Falls Fire keeps watch in an evacuated neighborhood north of Skyline on Tuesday evening as a grass fire fueled by winds approaches from the north.

Traffic control at Bootlegger Trail and 36th Avenue NE during after evacuation orders were given due to an approaching grass fire north of town.

The evacuation order was lifted for neighborhoods on the north side of towm as a fast moving grass fire from the north threatened the city.

Firefighters respond to a fire off Vineyard Road north of Great Falls on Tuesday.

Flames burn in stubble fields near homes north of town on Tuesday evening , which started along Vineyard Road earlier in the day.

A grass fire burns at Vinyard Road and Thunder Road on Tuesday afternoon. Several homes were threatened during the blaze.

The view from Gore Hill during a fire Tuesday in Great Falls.

Fire north of Great Falls.

A DNRC helicopter battles a grass fire at Vinyard Road and Thunder Road on Tuesday afternoon. Several homes were threatened during the blaze.

Smoke from a fire near Countryside Village is seen Tuesday night.

The sky is darkened from smoke from a fire north of Great Falls

Volunteer fire departments from the surrounding area respond to the grass fire burning along Vineyard Road and Thunder Road on Tuesday.

Fire north of Great Falls

A DNRC helicopter battles a grass fire at Vinyard Road and Thunder Road on Tuesday afternoon. Several homes were threatened during the blaze.

Fire north of Great Falls

Fire north of Great Falls

Fire north of Great Falls

Rainbow visible from Skyline Drive Northwest, which was evacuated due to wildfire for 20 minutes at 7 p.m.

Fire north of Great Falls on Tuesday.

A grass fire burns at Vinyard Road and Thunder Road on Tuesday afternoon. Several homes were threatened during the blaze.

A grass fire burns at Vinyard Road and Thunder Road on Tuesday afternoon. Several homes were threatened during the blaze.

Volunteer fire departments from the surrounding area respond to the grass fire burning along Vineyard Road and Thunder Road on Tuesday.

City of Great Falls Firefighters respond to the grass fire at Vineyard Road and Thunder Road on Tuesday.

A grass fire burns at Vinyard Road and Thunder Road on Tuesday afternoon. Several homes were threatened during the blaze.

Firefighters battle a grass fire on Vineyard and Thunder Roads on Tuesday.

Crews battle a grass fire along Vineyard and Thunder Roads on Tuesday afternoon.

Firefighters and a DNRC helicopter battle a grass fire on Vineyard and Thunder Roads on Tuesday.

Vineyard-Thunder Road fire burns Tuesday afternoon.

Vineyard-Thunder Road fire burns Tuesday afternoon.

Grass Fire burns at Vineyard and Thunder Roads on Tuesday afternoon.

Vineyard-Thunder Road fire burns Tuesday afternoon.

Vineyard-Thunder Road fire burn, Tuesday afternoon.

Vineyard-Thunder Road fire burn, Tuesday afternoon.

Vineyard-Thunder Road fire burns Tuesday afternoon.

Fire north of Great Falls on Tuesday.

Fire north of Great Falls on Tuesday.

Fire north of Great Falls on Tuesday.

Fire north of Great Falls on Tuesday.

Fire north of Great Falls on Tuesday.

Fire north of Great Falls on Tuesday.

Fire north of Great Falls

Fire north of Great Falls on Tuesday.

Baylor Bragg with his hero Bryan Martinez after Baylor's family was allowed back into their house.

Fire north of Great Falls

Fire north of Great Falls

Fire north of Great Falls

Fire north of Great Falls

Fire north of Great Falls

Fire north of Great Falls

Fire north of Great Falls

Fire north of Great Falls

Fire north of Great Falls

Fire north of Great Falls

Fire north of Great Falls

Philip Grimshaw of 301 Skyline Drive N.W. waters down his house. He was evacuated for 15 minutes at 7 p.m.

Sunset after the fire

Fire north of Great Falls

Fire north of Great Falls on Tuesday

Fire north of Great Falls

Ash from the fire north of Great Falls.

Fire north of Great Falls

Fire north of Great Falls

Fire north of Great Falls

Fire north of Great Falls

Fire north of Great Falls on Tuesday.

Fire north of Great Falls

Fire north of Great Falls

Fire north of Great Falls

Fire north of Great Falls

People evacuate along 33rd Avenue Northeast next to Countryside Village.

Aftermath of the fire seen from a Vinyard Road hill on Wednesday.

People watch as a fire burns north of town Tuesday evening, causing several neighborhoods to be evacuated.

A smoldering utility pole lies among ash in the fire’s aftermath Wednesday.

Vaughn Fire Chief Jason McAllister surveys damage and smoldering structures on Ryan McWilliams’ Vinyard Road property Wednesday.

People watch as a fire burns north of town on Tuesday evening causing several neighborhoods to be evacuated.

Workers repair burned utility poles on Vinyard Road on Wednesday.

Fire north of Great Falls on Tuesday.

Fire north of Great Falls on Tuesday.

Fire north of Great Falls on Tuesday.

Smoke hovers over the city Tuesday night.

Smoke hovers over the city Tuesday night.

Smoke hovers over the city Tuesday night.

Smoke hovers over the city Tuesday night.