Stage 1 fire restrictions went into effect on Thursday across the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest and Thunder Basin National Grassland in east and southeast Wyoming, and impending cooler weather won’t relieve them
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Despite high temperatures and loads of dead fuel in its forests, Wyoming has so far avoided a nasty wildfire season — but with post-summer outdoor activity ramping up, luck might not hold, officials said.
It’s too early to call an “all-clear,” but one wildfire expert said that the worst of wildfire season has passed for Wyoming but hot weather, drought, and some danger remains on parts of the national forests and grasslands in Wyoming.
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The spokesman for Medicine Bow National Forest is warning visitors to avoid lighting spiders on fire, at least outside of a fire ring, or else they could cause a wildfire like a Utah man did this week.
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A wildfire that was started last week in Medicine Bow National Forest has grown another 200 acres, burning almost 700 acres of land within the forest, fire officials told Cowboy State Daily on Tuesday.
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The Sugarloaf Fire that started in Medicine Bow National Forest in northern Albany County this week has grown another 100 acres, fire command officials announced on Thursday.
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A wildfire sparked earlier this week in northern Albany County has not grown in the last 24 hours, but it has not yet been contained, a fire command team spokesman told Cowboy State Daily on Wednesday.
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A wildfire broke out in Medicine Bow National Forest near Laramie on Monday and forest officials believe that it was likely caused by humans.
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Heading into the first full week of July, forecasts called for most of Wyoming to have about an average potential wildfire risk, but some southern portions of the state were trending above average.
Managing the materials that fuel out-of-control wildfires is the key to making sure they do not have to be fought, according to U.S. Forest Service officials.
The 29-year-old from Powell died while on assignment in the Inyo National Forest in California on Oct. 11. The cause of her death has yet to be determined.
Park County residents are rallying around victims of a wildfire which killed one person and destroyed several buildings. A 75-year-old lost her mobile home and it wasn’t insured.
A fire erupted on Monday night in Clark, claiming the life of one resident — along with two homes — as it rapidly burned across 300 acres near Line Creek.
Three firefighters from Campbell County have been dispatched to the Caldor Fire in Eldorado County, California.
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Fire officials say the next two days are critical and the cooling weather on Friday should help firefighters with the blaze.
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A wildfire that has already burned 165,000 acres in southern Montana continues to force evacuations in some areas as it threatens homes and businesses.
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The smoke currently hanging over Wyoming will likely be around for more than a week, according to meteorologist Don Day.
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A 5,300-acre fire in western Campbell County that ignited from a coal seam was 50% contained as of Saturday morning.
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Almost 100 firefighters from several federal, state and county fire agencies continued to battle the Deer Creek 2 fire burning in three northeastern Wyoming counties Wednesday, completing a containment line around 15% of the 5,295-acre blaze.
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Almost 120 firefighters from multiple agencies were battling a 3,000-acre fire burning in three counties of northeast Wyoming on Wednesday.
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Two fires large enough to be listed on the national InciWeb database are burning in Wyoming.
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More than 80 firefighters on Tuesday continued to battle a 3,200-acre forest fire burning in the Thunder Basin National Grassland in northeastern Campbell County.
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Over 400 on-duty fatalities occurred among wildland firefighters between 2000 and 2019. Earlier this year, Cody’s Tim Hart died from a fire fighting accident in New Mexico.
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Firefighters in drought-stricken Campbell County continued Tuesday to battle a lightning-caused wildfire that was ignited Monday.
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Extremely dry and hot conditions have fire officials in northwestern Wyoming asking residents to stay away from fireworks this Fourth of July, even there there is no official ban on the explosives in the county.
Stage 1 fire restrictions are in affect for at least 10 counties in Wyoming.
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A Bridger, Montana, man was arrested on allegations that he started the 28,600-acre Robertson Draw Fire while off-trail on his motorcycle.
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As summer heats up in July and August, Wyoming’s wildfire season is likely to creep above average, although recent hot and dry weather has already stoked fires.
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Milder weather conditions slowed the growth of the Robertson Draw fire on Thursday to 3,000 acres allowing crews to work on the northeastern, eastern, and southeastern sides of the fire.
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The Robertson Draw Fire has grown exponentially since it sparked just three days ago. Now it’s more than 21,000 acres.
A University of Wyoming professor has co-authored a new research paper stating that global warming is contributing to larger wildfires in the Rocky Mountain region.
Milder temperatures and rising humidity are expected to help firefighters battle the Robinson wildfire which covers more than 1,000 acres of land near Buffalo.
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Abandoned campfires on the Bridger-Teton National Forest are responsible for a 300% increase in fires compared to 2020.
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A Wyoming man has been charged for intentionally starting two wildfires in Big Horn County almost three years ago.
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The wildfire outlook for the 2021 season isn’t positive, according to the Wyoming State Forestry Division’s fire management officer.
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The Schroeder Fire in South Dakota might have grown in size somewhat on Thursday, but so did its containment rate.
The Schroeder wildfire in South Dakota has grown slightly, inching closer to Rapid City, but the containment rate is still almost halfway complete.
A 2,100-acre wildfire burning west of Rapid City, South Dakota, is currently almost halfway contained, after being discovered just two days ago.
Voters across the Mountain West states are increasingly concerned about wildfires and continue to support funding conservation efforts, according to a survey of eight states.
46,535 fires have burned more than 8.4 million acres this year — an area a little larger than the combined size of Yellowstone and Grand Teton national parks
A number of organizations in Cheyenne are coming together to help those in Colorado who have been displaced due to the wildfires.
There is a “critical shortage” in firefighting resources right now due to wildfires in California, Oregon and Washington, an official said Tuesday night during a Mullen Fire virtual update.
There is a new fire in Yellowstone named the “Hancock Fire” and it consists of one smoldering tree.
The Forest Service says the fire could grow in any direction but the most likely directions are east and northeast.
The Mullen Fire in the Medicine Bow National Forest almost doubled in size in less than a day and is now affecting 13,835 acres.
At 8pm on Saturday, the U.S. Forest Service reported that resources fighting the fire had to be pulled back due to strong and shifting winds.
More than 100 Wyoming state and local firefighters are helping battle wildfires in West Coast states.
Sadly, the only way to escape the smoky air is to to start traveling or wait for the fires to end.
Hanna residents were allowed to return to their homes Sunday afternoon, after firefighters stopped the advance of the 316 Fire toward the town’s city limits.
Yellowstone National Park’s Grand Loop Road between Old Faithful and West Thumb Junction will be reopened some time Thursday after rains dampened the 820-are Lone Star Fire in the park, officials announced.
Crews are working to combat a pair of wildfires that broke out in the Shoshone National Forest — one in Sunlight Basin and another along the Beartooth Highway in the area of Crazy Creek.
The Lone Star Fire in Yellowstone National Park increased by 58 acres on Tuesday, totaling 821 acres burned since the fire began Saturday.
Firefighters in the Shoshone National Forest are now predicting containment of a wildfire burning west of Cody within two weeks.
As catastrophic wildfires become more frequent across the West, people are looking for a single culprit, but it’s not that simple, Wyoming State Forester Bill Crapser said.
