The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) High Desert District, in coordination with the U.S. Forest Service, Carbon County, Wyo., and the City of Rawlins, Wyo., is fighting the Seminoe wildfire approximately 30 miles northeast of Rawlins, Wyo.
The wildfire was first reported at 3 p.m. on July 21; the cause is under investigation. The fire is burning an estimated 650 acres of grass, sagebrush, and juniper and ponderosa pine on BLM and Bureau of Reclamation lands, roughly one mile north of the Seminoe Dam.
Resources on the wildfire include one Type III helicopter, air tankers, and six interagency crews. The Western Wyoming Type III Incident Management team will also be deployed to battle the blaze today.
Outdoor recreationists utilizing the campgrounds and summer cabins near the Seminoe Dam west of the Miracle Mile area are urged to use caution or avoid the area entirely since fire behavior can change suddenly and fire spread is unpredictable if high winds develop.
The wildfire was first reported at 3 p.m. on July 21; the cause is under investigation. The fire is burning an estimated 650 acres of grass, sagebrush, and juniper and ponderosa pine on BLM and Bureau of Reclamation lands, roughly one mile north of the Seminoe Dam.
Resources on the wildfire include one Type III helicopter, air tankers, and six interagency crews. The Western Wyoming Type III Incident Management team will also be deployed to battle the blaze today.
Outdoor recreationists utilizing the campgrounds and summer cabins near the Seminoe Dam west of the Miracle Mile area are urged to use caution or avoid the area entirely since fire behavior can change suddenly and fire spread is unpredictable if high winds develop.
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