Montana Avalanche Rescue Included Neighborhood

Rescue officials say about 100 neighbors converged to help find three people buried Friday when an avalanche swept down a mountain in a residential area of Missoula in western Montana and crushed a house at the bottom. "It was very chaotic but a lot of energy," said Jeff Brandt, assistant chief of operations for the Missoula Fire Department. Scores of neighbors had already started the rescue effort when he arrived about half an hour after the slide, and some 20 professional responders helped provide focus to the effort, Brandt said.