The Wyoming Department of Transportation and the Wyoming Highway Patrol will be closing US 189/191 today at 10 a.m. to allow for fire prevention operations.

The highway will be closed for most of the day.  Crews will re-evaluate conditions this afternoon to make a decision on whether or not to open the road.

The Roosevelt wildfire near Jackson has grown to 48,348 acres as of about 8 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 24.  Emergency responders have contained about 22 percent of that wildfire. The fire started on Sept. 15.
WYDOT already had to temporarily close US 189/191 on Sunday after the fire burned land about a quarter mile near the highway.

Crews will continue to monitor the situation and open the road will safe to do so.