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.
The Spring Creek Fire was reported by Forest Service personnel and was located approximately 27 miles north of Kemmerer, WY in the Spring Creek drainage. Teton Interagency personnel, along with Engine 671, Engine 421, Teton Fire Module, Lincoln County's Brush 2 and Helicopter 35HX responded to this fire and found it to be 2/10 of an acre in size. The fire was creeping and smoldering in heavy dead/down timber. Containment lines were completed Thursday 19th, and kept at 2/10 of an acre. The fire was controlled Saturday 21st and called out Monday 23rd.
The Beaver Creek Fire was ignited early on July 9th when a thunderstorm moved through the Buck Mt/Beaver Creek area of the park. Heavy rain showers followed the storm and responders were unable to locate the fire until it began to show smoke again late on July 15th. An interagency squad of four firefighters responded to suppress the fire.
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
