Firefighters are working to suppress a new 5-acre wildfire in Yellowstone National Park. The Blacktail Fire was spotted Thursday afternoon near the park's northern boundary. Meantime, the Fontenelle Fire in the Bridger-Teton National Forest is now 80% contained. Fire managers say operations resumed at a nearby helium plant and oil and gas wells shut down by the 100-square-mile fire. Ranchers also have been allowed to move cattle back into nearby pastures. Exxon Mobile operates a helium plant and other oil and gas facilities in the area. Company spokesman Patrick McGinn declined to discuss specifics about how the fire affected operations other than say the company is restoring utilities to its facilities. Elsewhere, the 153-square-mile Arapaho fire in the Medicine Bow National Forest northwest of Wheatland is 88% contained.
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