High winds, humidity help Pack Trail Fire run seven miles in one day
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — As high winds ripped through western Wyoming Friday night and Saturday, the Pack Trail Fire continued to expand east, closer to a road firefighters are using as…
Rain, snow slow Fish Creek Fire growth
JACKSON (WNE) — Rain, snow and high humidity levels have slowed the Fish Creek Fire burning southwest of Togwotee Pass. The lightning-caused fire was last reported at 24,904 acres. Four-hundred and thirty-seven total personnel were working on the fire,…
Fires burn at Togwotee and Palisades
The Fish Creek Fire by Togwotee Pass has reached 24,904 acres as of Tuesday, September. 10. The fire is considered 69-percent contained. The Northern Rockies Team 2, under the direction of Scott Schuster, has 504 personnel on the site with…
Free flowing traffic returns to Togwotee as Fish Creek Fire burns to the south
JACKSON (WNE) — Free flowing traffic has returned to Highway 26/287 over Togwotee Pass where the Fish Creek Fire continues to put up smoke columns visible from Jackson. While a pilot car system has ended, fire officials are asking the…
Togwotee Pass reopens
JACKSON (WNE) — Highway 26 over Togwotee Pass has reopened. Officials will guide traffic through the area west of Dubois where the fire has burned closest to the road, according to a Friday morning press release. Maintenance crews will run…
Early season snow slowed Fish Creek Fire, giving firefighters time to work
By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — The wintry weather system that dropped a few inches of snow on Togwotee Pass overnight last Sunday has slowed the growth of the Fish Creek Fire and…
Fish Creek Fire continues to affect Highway 26/287
The lightning-caused Fish Creek Fire is now estimated at 34-percent containment according to officials having burned 11,462 acres. The number of personnel has grown to 510 which includes ten hand crews, 22 engines, two dozers, nine pieces of heavy equipment…
Fish Creek Fire at 23% containment
According to the most recent information provided by officials battling the Fish Creek Fire, the blaze is currently estimated to be at 11,278 acres and is at 23-percent containment. The lightning-caused fire began on August 16 approximately seven miles southwest…
Fish Creek Fire now more than 9,400 acres
The Fish Creek Fire was discovered on Friday, August 16, in a remote area of the North Fork Fish Creek drainage, approximately 7 miles southwest of Togwotee Pass. The lightning-caused fire is approximately 9,461-acres in size burning in heavy timber,…
3,000-plus acre Fish Creek Fire moves toward Togwotee, Brooks Lake Lodge
• Fish Creek Fire is 0% contained. Brooks Lake Lodge is on alert but safe for now. By Billy Arnold Jackson Hole News&Guide Via- Wyoming News Exchange JACKSON — On Togwotee Pass, fire crews are battling a blaze…