WYOMING – Officials will hold a public meeting tonight for those affected by the Badger Creek Fire. The meeting will take place Wednesday, June 13 at 7pm at the Albany County Fair Grounds. Representatives from the incident management team and cooperators will provide updates on the fire and will be available to answer questions.
A Type II Team was installed at 6am today. Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team Black with Shane Greer as Incident Commander took control of the blaze that has now grown to 5,241 acres.
Firefighters focused their efforts mainly on structure protection yesterday but crews were able to begin building some containment lines in the southwest portion of the fire. Aviation resources were used to assist firefighters working on the ground with both retardant and water drops.
Firefighters will continue structure protection and assessing fire effects in communities today. Crews will also continue to build and improve fire line on the south and west portions of the fire. On the east and north portions of the fire, firefighters will look at opportunities to engage the fire where they will have the best opportunity for success while minimizing fire growth.
Structures have been destroyed on the Badger Creek Fire, and law enforcement is attempting to contact the property owners of those structures at this time.
Cause of the Badger Creek Fire is under investigation. The public is asked to call 307-745-2392 (select option 5, and leave a detailed message) with any information on activity they may have seen near Forest Service Roads 501 and 544D in the area of the Mountain Home OHV Trail system on Sunday (6/10) afternoon.
