Gillette and Dubois Fires blowing up pretty big

elks96 · 2024-08-22T13:19:41-0600

The Fish Creek Fire and the House Draw Fires are getting after it today. The smoke from fish creek is pretty heavy all the way into Riverton.

The House Draw fire between Gillette and Douglas has I90 Closed and also appears to have closed.

Nears Gillette there are several other fires that were growing rapidly as well. I just heard that the Constitution Fire has closed 59 and between all the fires there are tons of evacuations and stock getting moved.

Crazy what one dry thunderstorm can do…

nfh · 2024-08-22T13:25:59-0600

160,000 acres. Crazy

treedagain · 2024-08-22T13:46:15-0600

nfh said:
160,000 acres. Crazy

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Try and keep it off the BLM? Would make for some good public hunting.

elks96 · 2024-08-22T13:52:55-0600

treedagain said:
Try and keep it off the BLM? Would make for some good public hunting.

I don’t think they are trying anything except to not get killed… It is just running hard, it skipped I90 with no problem. Winds are around 10MPH but supposed to just to 15+ again tonight. Which ever way they wind blows it is going to run fast and hard…

elks96 · 2024-08-22T13:57:00-0600

nfh said:
160,000 acres. Crazy

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Am
I correct they have 2 other fires by Gillette as well. The constitution and another one. The closer one to Gillette is smaller but they have not released the data yet so ONx has not mapped it?

nfh · 2024-08-22T13:59:52-0600

treedagain said:
Try and keep it off the BLM? Would make for some good public hunting.

It's hitting the blm and state land now.

Wonder how many cattle got turned into ribeyes

elks96 said:
Am
I correct they have 2 other fires by Gillette as well. The constitution and another one. The closer one to Gillette is smaller but they have not released the data yet so ONx has not mapped it?

I can see those on ONX

nfh · 2024-08-22T14:01:15-0600

elks96 said:
Am
I correct they have 2 other fires by Gillette as well. The constitution and another one. The closer one to Gillette is smaller but they have not released the data yet so ONx has not mapped it?

elks96 · 2024-08-22T14:31:25-0600

nfh said:
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Ok
See the dots but not really the fire map. I hope those don’t get too big too fast.

mntnguide · 2024-08-22T15:14:54-0600

I watched the Fish creek fire blow up on saturday from up high... rumor is they are getting close to shutting down the highway between moran and dubois. Brooks lake lodge has been fully evacuated. It gets over the highway into all that timber and the wilderness, they arent stopping it till winter would be my guess

jm77 · 2024-08-22T15:54:13-0600

Northern Wyoming Wildfire Explodes To Nearly 200,000 Acres, Others…

A wildfire burning out of control in northern Wyoming east of Buffalo has exploded to nearly 200,000 acres. Ranchers are scrambling to help fight that and…

cowboystatedaily.com

Reports of dead and dying antelope.

We have thunderstorms all over this afternoon. Hope there's lots of rain in them.

treedagain · 2024-08-22T16:12:08-0600

jm77 said:
Northern Wyoming Wildfire Explodes To Nearly 200,000 Acres, Others…

A wildfire burning out of control in northern Wyoming east of Buffalo has exploded to nearly 200,000 acres. Ranchers are scrambling to help fight that and…

cowboystatedaily.com

Reports of dead and dying antelope.

We have thunderstorms all over this afternoon. Hope there's lots of rain in them.

Looks pretty rough. Hope it dies out sooner than later.

grosventrehunter · 2024-08-22T23:06:44-0600

Let the fire burn on private and fight it on public. Why are we spending tax money on private land when they don't allow public access. Let the big ranch owners pay for the fire fighters and tankers. Reap what they sow....