C172 PLT DEPARTED A CLOSED ARPT.

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WITH ME FLYING; MY WIFE AND I LANDED AT OUR HOME ARPT (S69) LINCOLN; MT; AFTER THE UNITED STATES FOREST SVC DECLARED IT CLOSED FOR A FIRE ON A DISTANT RIDGE. THE CIRCUMSTANCE IS THAT THE ARPT HAD BEEN RECENTLY RE-OPENED AFTER ALMOST 1 YR OF BEING CLOSED. ON THE INBOUND FLT INTO LINCOLN AT 10 MI OUT; I DIALED IN THE FREQ 122.9 AND ANNOUNCED MY INTENTIONS TO LAND. THE RADIO WAS SILENT. AS I APCHED THE ARPT; I ANNOUNCED I WAS INBOUND FOR L TFC RWY 22. AT THIS POINT A VOICE SAID; 'THE LINCOLN ARPT IS CLOSED.' I ASKED FOR AN EXPLANATION. I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS A FIRE IN THE VICINITY AND ACFT WERE USING THE ARPT AS A BASE TO FIGHT IT. THE VOICE ON THE RADIO ASKED WHY I WANTED TO LAND AND I TOLD HIM THAT MY HANGAR AND MY CAR WERE HERE. HE GAVE ME PERMISSION TO LAND IF I STAYED CLR OF THE HELI TIED DOWN ON A PAD NEAR THE FAR END OF THE RWY. IT WAS THE ONLY ACFT ANYWHERE TO BE SEEN. ONCE I LANDED; HE DROVE DOWN AND TALKED WITH ME. I DID NOT GET HIS NAME. I ASKED HIM IF SINCE THE ARPT WAS NEWLY OPENED AND THERE WAS NO ELECTRICITY RECONNECTED YET; COULD WE TAKE OUR CAR HOME; GET A FEW THINGS; THEN RETURN AND REMOVE OUR PLANE FROM THE ARPT. HE SAID I COULD DO THAT. WE WERE GONE ABOUT 1 1/2 HRS. WE BOARDED THE PLANE; TAXIED OUT AND DID OUR RUN-UP. MY WIFE; WHO WAS NOW FLYING; ANNOUNCED THAT WE WERE DEPARTING RWY 22. A VOICE ON THE RADIO SAID; 'THE LINCOLN ARPT IS CLOSED.' MY WIFE EXPLAINED WE HAD BEEN TOLD WE COULD DEPART. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE ON THE RADIO; SO WE DEPARTED.