Category: Wyoming FiresLittle Goose fire 8/22/07 Early PM – UPDATEInciWeb is now listing the Little Goose fire as 100% contained, which is good news for all of us. There is no word yet on whether the evacuation orders are still in effect or not, or whether the roads have been opened. As soon as I can get any information, I will post it. Once again, a big thanks to all those who worked so hard to save property and extinguish this fire, and all those still working on the others. UPDATE: Red Grade road is now open, but only cabin owners are being allowed into the cabin areas.
Little Goose Fire 8/21/07 PMIn case you had not heard, there were a couple injuries on Monday to firefighters on the Little Goose fire. From InciWeb:
Garland Gulch fire 8/21/07 PMI’ve seen a lot of people searching for information on the the Garland Gulch fire, and according to Steve Sequin, Public Information Officer with Rocky Mountain Area Coordination Center, the Garland Gulch fire is right at 100% contained today. The reason it hasn’t been showing up on any of the official websites is that they typically don’t show anything under 100 acres, and it has, or had, not reached that point yet.
Little Goose and Bone Creek fires 8/21/07 AM – UPDATEInciWeb has this update this morning on Bone Creek:
It is now listed at 15% contained. The fact that they have moved Incident Command from Little Goose to Burgess Junction would certainly seem to indicate that Little Goose is well under control and in final wrap up. No update on Little Goose is yet available. Check back for updates. Update: Little Goose still stands at 4827 acres and 95% contained, and InciWeb lists their target containment date as today, the 21st.
A little perspective on the firesWe here in Sheridan, and around Wyoming may think we’ve been hit pretty hard with fires this year. For 2007 we are at 13 incidents total, three of which have been contained for a total involved acreage as of the time I write this of 52,685. Compare this with our neighbor to the north, Montana, which is at 28 incidents with a total of 550,426 acres and 6 listed as contained. Or consider Idaho, which has 24 incidents with 5 contained for a total of 1,634,101 acres.
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