The fire briefly crossed to the north side of Highway 220 yesterday, but all flames on the north of 220 have now been extinguished. The Goose Egg Road subdivision was evacuated yesterday and remains evacuated at this time.
Additional Structures Burned: All four are located on Rigal Road, to the west of Micro Road. The owners will be contacted as soon as ownership and contact information can be confirmed.
The Wolf Creek Subdivision has been removed from the evacuation area. Emergency officials have chosen to allow people to re-enter homes in the Wolf Creek Subdivision. Residents of Wolf Creek who choose to return to their homes are still advised to use extreme caution, however, as this remains an area that could be threatened if fire conditions change.
Absolutely no one will be allowed on Garden Creek Road, Goose Egg Road, or on Casper Mountain.
These areas are still extremely dangerous.
Other traffic related information:
Wolf Creek Road has been re-opened.
Highway 220 was closed last night, but has now been re-opened.
Coates Road had been closed due to increased fire activity in that area, but it has now been re-opened to local traffic only. Coates Road is still within the evacuation area, however, and it is strongly recommended that no one travel here unless it is absolutely necessary.
Weather conditions continue to be a problem. High winds and low humidity will make fire fighting efforts more difficult
There will be a meeting tonight (Thursday) with additional information for evacuees. That meeting will be at 7:00PM at the Central Wyoming Fairgrounds. .
No new evacuations have been called. All areas listed below are still under evacuation orders.
Goose Egg
Micro Road
Hidden Valley
Coates Road
Gothberg Subdivision
Webb Creek
South Squaw Creek
Upper Ridgecrest
Garden Creek
All of Casper Mountain, No residents will be allowed to travel up Casper Mountain Road.
Areas to be evacuated: Anywhere south of Wyoming Blvd. and south of CY Ave. until its eastern edge which is about 1/2 mile east of Casper Mountain Road.
Roads Closed: South bound at Poplar and Wyoming Blvd. South bound at Mountain Road and Wyoming Blvd. Only residents living in these areas will be allowed through.
Infomation Hotline 235-9555
Small Animals - Can be taken to the Casper Humane Society 265-5439
Small Animals - Can be taken to the Metro Animal shelter.
Small Animals - Can be taken to most local veterinarians.
Large Animals - Call 237-5018 for arragements
Large Animals - Central Wyoming Fair Grounds 234-1864
Large Animals - Pasture land: contact Louis Carrico at 472-5600 or 262-9865, or April Hancock at 265-4377.
Red Cross Shelter - Administration Building Casper College
Showers - YMCA
Wyoming Medical Center reports no casualties so far. 577-7201
Breathing Problems - Call your local physician. Smoke from the fires is expected to worsen throught the day. Asthmatics or others with breathing problems are encouraged to take precautions.
Weather Forecast - Wednesday - High around 92 degrees, Isolated showers and thunderstorms, Wind Northwest at 8 mph becoming Southwest, possible gusts and lightning with storms, chance of precipitation is 20%.
Weather Forecast - Wednesday Evening - Low around 59 degrees, Isolated showers and thuderstorms before midnight, Southwest wind between 10 and 17 mph, gusts as high as 26 mph, chance of precipitation is 20%.
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Posted in Local on Thursday, August 17, 2006 12:00 am
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