Teton Interagency Fire

The Pass fire was the result of an August 24th late afternoon lightning fire.  Four Teton Interagency Firefighters responded to the tenth acre fire. 

The lighting-caused Iron Rim Creek fire was sized-up early evening by Teton Interagency Helitack.  Six firefighters will staff the fire early Tuesday morning.  

Forest visitors in the Blackrock area detected this abandoned campfire while it was still in the smoldering phase on August 12th. The campfire was not completely extinguished and started to creep and burn into the roots of the adjacent fir trees. With the predicted red flag warnings and forecasted high wind speeds, this fire did have the potential to develop into a larger fire requiring more firefighter support, air resources, tax payers money and even threaten the Lodge located less than 1/4 mile away and to the east. This was the 171st campfire found on the forest this season.

Members of the public reported discovering an abandoned fire in the Bridger Wilderness area near Hobbs Lake earlier this week. They proceeded to scratch a containment line around the fire when it flared up. The fire was described to be approximately 6 feet by 6 feet in diameter burning in grass, duff, and small brush near a boulder between Hobbs lake and a smaller un-named lake.

The party recruited nearby campers to aid in the suppression effort. One of these individuals was a Bureau of Land Management wildland firefighter who helped direct the group.

A burning stump beside a campfire ring was reported by a wildlife brigade patrolling Signal Mountain Campground. The campfire was within the metal ring and cold, but an ember had likely spread from the fire and into the nearby stump, smoldering unseen until the stump warmed up later in the day.

Carson Stinson, Irish Canyon Fire Incident Commander trainee, reported that the fire was approximately a quarter acre in size and appeared to be caused by recent lightning. The fire was reported by a driver on the highway passing by Sand Draw south of Boulder.

The Cow Creek fire was reported to Teton Interagency Dispatch on Thursday, August 6.  The fire is 8 acres and is believed to be a "holdover" from lightning several days earlier.  As of today, August 10, there are 16 smokejumpers and one helicopter assigned to the fire. 

On the evening of July 13th visitors reported an illegal bonfire just off the Signal Mt Rd.  Ranger contacted the visitors, provided education and initially suppressed the fire.  WY-GTP Engine-301 responded the following morning to mop-up the fire and rehabilitate the scene.

Lightning caused fire, called out on 7/27