Fish Creek fire smoke
View of smoke from the Fish Creek fire from west of Pinedale on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024.
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Update on the Fish Creek Fire - Sept. 29, 2024
by Pinedale Online!
September 29, 2024
Sunday, Sept. 29, 2024, 3:25PM: Fremont County Emergency Management issued orders for immediate evacuation for those in the path of the Pack Trail and Fish Creek wild fires. Wind gusts up to 60 mph on Sunday afternoon pushed the fire to within 2-1/2 miles of US 26/287.
The evacuation order is for Brooks Lake Road, East & West Pinnacle Drive, Breccia Drive, US HWY 26: Togwotee Pass from Mile Post 30-44, Long Creek Subdivision, Lava Mountain Subdivisions, Triangle C Ranch, old KOA, urban subdivision, including Timberline Ranch and Rawhide Ranches.
Facilities for sheltering livestock animals are being set up at the Dubois rodeo grounds. A Red Cross shelter is being set up for residents.
The Fish Creek Fire is currently over 25,000 acres and is burning in Teton and Fremont Counties north of Pinedale. The enormous smoke plume has been clearly visible to the north of Pinedale, although none of the three fires currently burning are yet in Sublette County. All the fires were started by lightning.
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