Towagetee Pass Fire
The lightning-caused Fish Creek Fire is located southwest of Togwotee Pass and has grown to nearly 19,000 acres. Fire personnel said Thursday the fire is 59 complete, meaning crews have completed 59 of the necessary firefighting actions for this blaze.
The Bridger-Teton National Forest is fighting a 900-acre forest fire south of Togwotee Pass. Smoke from the newly discovered blaze is visible from across the southern Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.
Wybtf Fish Creek Fire - News for InciWebFish Creek Fire Update Bridger-Teton National Forest Jackson, Wyo., August 23, 2024 - The Fish Creek Fire was discovered on Friday, August 16, in a remote area of the North Fork Fish Creek drainage, approximately 7 miles southwest of Togwotee Pass. The lightning-caused fire is approximately 9,461-acres in size burning in heavy timber, litter
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JACKSON On Tuesday, the Fish Creek Fire crossed the Togwotee Pass highway for the first time since lightning ignited the blaze in mid-August.
JACKSON, Wyo. Togwotee Pass closed to traffic shortly after 5 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 22 due to the encroaching Fish Creek Fire. US 26287 was closed to through traffic between Dubois and Moran Junction after the fire reached within 1.5 miles of the highway and smoke on the road caused quotnear whiteout conditions,quot the Wyoming Department of Transportation WYDOT notified drivers. The
JACKSON On Togwotee Pass, fire crews are battling a blaze that has more than tripled in size since Saturday and is headed toward a major highway.
The fire is in a remote area of the North Fork Fish Creek Drainage, approximately 7 miles southwest of Togwotee Pass between Dubois and Jackson, a post shared on the U.S. Forest Service-Bridger-Teton National Forest Facebook page states.
The Fish Creek Fire, which is burning southwest of Highway 26 over Togwotee Pass between Moran and Dubois, was ignited by lightning on Aug. 16.
Fire crews are working to extinguish a new fire in a remote area of the Bridger-Teton National Forest. It burned nearly 1,800 acres over the weekend. The Fish Creek fire started by lightning on Friday, Aug.,16 about seven miles south of the Togwotee Pass highway - a major throughway for local commuters in the region.