This means the fire was started by humans, either intentional or accidental; equipment, smoking, campfire, debris burning, railroad, arson, children, fireworks, vehicle.
This fire was discovered by the Teton Interagency helicopter. The fire is located near Ramshorn Peak along the ridgeline. Burning in grass and dead and down fuel. Helitack firefighters are suppressing the fire. Cause of the fire is suspected to be an abandoned warming fire.
Firefighters worked to contain the fire and are working to remove fuel and cool the interior of the fire.
This fire is approximately 13 miles east of Afton, WY.
As incident complexity has decreased and containment increased, the Type 2 incident management team—Great Basin Team 3—transferred command of the fire to a local Type 4 organization as of Sunday, September 30, at 6 a.m.
Fire has been turned over to Type 4 Incident Management. Mop-up and suppression repair efforts continue.
Link to Incident on www.inciweb.com
Located on Skyline Drive below Elkhart Park.
Five firefighters from the Pinedale and Big Piney Ranger Districts have hiked in fire and will be fully suppressing the fire using Minimum Impact Suppression Tactics (MIST)
This fire is located 4 miles south of Alpine and approximately 1 mile west in the Squaw Creek drainage and is human caused.
A burning stump near the Hobble Creek Campground was found and extinguished by Forest personnel. This fire was the cause of a careless human. The fire danger rating is "High", which means all fine dead fuels ignite readily and fires start easily.....for more information.
Crews responded Tuesday afternoon to two reported fires along Hwy 89, south of the JH Airport Rd. Junction. Visitors reported seeing a trailer with mechanical issues driving south ignite two fires along the road shoulder. Initial actions taken by visitors with a fire extinguisher and water kept the fires from spreading until interagency fire resources could reach the scene.
The two fires, approx 100 yards apart, totaled less than a tenth of an acre.
35HX, Teton Interagency Helitack Crew responded to a smoke check 9 miles south of Alpine that was reported by the public Sunday early evening. E631 from the Greys River Ranger District responded to the 1/10 acre fire and called it contained and controlled the same evening.
Hikers discovered this small fire over the weekend and reported it to dispatch. The fire is located very close to the National Elk Refuge boundary and is likely the result of a warming fire as there has been no lightning detected in that area recently and trash was also found at the site. Firefighters from Engine 441 suppressed the fire. Map
