Laramie

The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a tornado watch for six counties in Wyoming.

Due to current fire conditions and the anticipated elevated risk of wildfire, Stage 1 fire restrictions were put in place Thursday, July 5 on all National Forest System lands within the Sierra Madre Range and Snowy range on the Medicine Bow National Forest.

Firefighters assigned to the Badger Creek Fire captured video of a moose playing in the water near the fire line.

Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team Black says that preliminary investigations suggest that the Badger Creek Fire is human-caused.

Cool, wet weather over the weekend helped crews gain containment over the badger creek fire, which is now estimated at 20,090 acres and is now 85 percent contained.

The Badger Creek Fire has now grown to 17,934 acres, with zero containment.

Super Scoopers are filling up at Lake Hattie near Medicine Bow National Forest to assist with the Badger Creek Fire fighting efforts.

In light of an outpouring of community support, the Big Laramie Fire Department has set up a trailer at The Butcher Block in West Laramie to collect donated items for the firefighters battling the Badger Creek Fire in the southern Snowy Range.

The Badger Creek Fire doubled in size Tuesday afternoon, from 2,300 acres to 5,244 acres, with growth primarily to the east.

The Badger Creek Fire has burned 2,300 acres after it made a large, wind-driven run Monday in southern Albany County on the Medicine Bow National Forest and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency has authorized the use of federal funds to help with fire…

The Forest Service said that as of 9 p.m. Sunday, the fire was roughly estimated at 100 acres and there is no containment. On Sunday, efforts were focused on evacuation, public safety and fire assessment.

Full evacuations are in place for Wold, Mountain Home and Wycolo according to Aimee Binning, Albany County Emergency Management coordinator.