JACKSON HOLE, WYO – It’s hard to believe, but somehow, someone did not get the message.
With the Roosevelt and Marten Creek fires burning out of control just a few miles away, someone carelessly started another fire on Beaver Mountain in the Bryan Flat area.
The Buck Creek Fire, which was discovered on the Bridger-Teton National Forest on September 26, was determined to be human caused. The Forest sent its initial attack resources to fully suppress the fire which was located south of Hoback Junction near Beaver Mountain and the Bryan Flats area.
Two helitack crew members, with assistance from Type 3 helicopter water drops, successfully held the fire to the original 0.10 ac. The firefighters remained on the fire Wednesday night and all day Thursday. They are hiking out this afternoon.
No structures threatened, but the Forest is in need of the public’s help to comply with the fire restrictions in place on the Forest and to make sure all fires are completely extinguished and cold to the touch.
Warming fires and campfires, apart from those in Wilderness Areas and a few designated campgrounds, are prohibited under the Stage 1 fire restrictions that are in effect on the Bridger-Teton National Forest. Vegetation is very dry and susceptible to burning.
“The Forest has caught 10 of the last 12 wildfires before they took off,” said Public Affairs Officer Mary Cernicek. “Fires have the potential to grow rapidly in the hot, dry, windy conditions we are experiencing right now.”
Report a wildfire to Teton Interagency Dispatch Center at 307-739-3630.
