Fontenelle Fire Continues To Burn

The Fontenelle Fire is burning on the Bridger-Teton National Forest, BLM High Desert District and State/Private Lands approximately 17 miles west of Big Piney. It began on June 24th and is currently burning in heavy, dead timber with occasional areas of grass and sage in the lower elevations. A Kemmerer Town Hall public meeting, to share information about the fire with members of the community, will be held at 7 p.m. This Saturday, (July 7) at the South Lincoln Training and Event Center, located at 215 WY HWY 233. Local officials and fire team managers will be sharing information about the fire and taking questions from the public. Yesterday, Five hotshot crews and two dozers concentrated on the portion of the fire north of the Middle Piney Road. Firefighters continued holding and building a line around the fire's perimeter.

Road closures continue to extend from the forest boundary at the top of Bare Pass at Red Castles, west to N. Piney Meadows and Tri Basin Divide, south to Cheese Pass, Mount Isabel, and Red Park, east to the junction of LaBarge Creek Road and the forest boundary, and north to Bare Pass. The road closure on Middle Piney Road may move east depending on fire conditions. Further closures may be needed to ensure firefighter and public safety. The public is asked to be cautious when driving on the LaBarge Road between HWY 189 to the closure at the forest boundary as there may be large fire engines, fire traffic and impact from smoke.