Four wildfires southwest of Devils Tower had burned about 3,000 acres on Friday when this photo was taken. Photo by Jeffrey Casper, Casper Star-Tribune.
A lightning-caused fire stretches along Coal Mountain on Sunday night. Authorities asked Goose Egg residents to evacuate in case the fire spread to their homes. Photo by Tom Morton, Casper Star-Tribune.
An estimated 10,000 acres was burning Wednesday evening in the area of the Middle Fork of the Powder River in Hole-in-the-Wall country west of Kaycee. Firefighters from Johnson, Natrona, and Platte counties, as well as crews from Colorado were on the scene. Photo by Deirdre Stoelzle Graves, special to the Casper Star-Tribune.
In this photo provided by the National Wildland Fire Prevention Team, a wildfire burns on Casper Mountain, Wyoming, Monday, Aug. 14, 2006. Continued hot, dry weather threatened to cause even more problems Tuesday as firefighters struggled to contain a wildfire bearing down on hundreds of evacuated homes on Casper Mountain. (AP Photo/Courtesy of the National Wildland Fire Prevention Team, John Bear)
Christine Robinson, Star-Tribune Casper Fire-EMS personnel work to contain a fire in the ventilation system at Casper's Good Cooking restaurant on Thursday. The fire, which apparently broke out in the restaurant's ventilation system, forced people to evacuate the building.
Fire rages up the side of Jackson Canyon on the west side of Casper Mountain on Wednesday, Aug. 16, 2006, near Casper Wyo. (AP Photo/Dan Cepeda, Casper Star-Tribune)
Damage from a house fire, which killed two people on Sunday morning, is barely visible from the outside of the home located in the 1500 block of Garden Creek Road. The fire gutted the inside of the structure however and the cause is still under investigation. (Kerry Huller/Star-Tribune)
Fred Wardinsky of Helena, Mont., fires a vintage Driggs rifle cannon during the North Rockies 10th Annual Machine Gun and Cannon Shoot in a pasture about 40 miles south of Casper on Friday afternoon. The 3-day event gave vintage gun and cannon enthusiasts a chance to meet and safely use their collections. Photo by Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune
The main room of FireRock Steakhouse & Grill is partitioned by a large stone wall containing a fireplace. The fireplace can be viewed from both sides.
Meg Williams wets down an area around a friend's home along West Fork Road near Red Lodge, Mont., as plumes of smoke from the Cascade Fire billow from the Custer National Forest. Photo by Paul Ruhter, AP.
Chris Dawson, north zone fire management officer for the Shoshone National Forest, points out how fuel reduction work in Aspen Creek helped reduce the intensity of the Gunbarrel fire this summer as it approached nearby cabins. Photo by RUFFIN PREVOST, the Billings Gazette.
Fred Wardinsky of Helena, Mont., fires a vintage Driggs rifle cannon during the North Rockies 10th Annual Machine Gun and Cannon Shoot in a pasture about 40 miles south of Casper on Friday afternoon. The 3-day event gave vintage gun and cannon enthusiasts a chance to meet and safely use their collections. Photo by Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune
A helicopter leaves Wapiti Helispot en route to perform bucket work on the Gunbarrel fire this week. Courtesy Dewey Vanderhoff.
The main room of FireRock Steakhouse & Grill is partitioned by a large stone wall containing a fireplace. The fireplace can be viewed from both sides.
U.S. Sen. Mike Enzi, R-Wyo., listens to comments from the audience with Sen. John Barrasso, left, during the annual Petroleum Association of Wyoming meeting last month at the Parkway Plaza in Casper. Enzi's spokeswoman said constituent feedback during the congressional recess has been in opposition to a government health insurance option to compete with private options. (Dan Cepeda/Star-Tribune)
Casper fire engineer Lex Dyer aims an engine-mounted fire hose on to a smoldering pile of woodchips Tuesday morning at the Casper landfill. Two crews of Casper fire trucks were at the scene Monday night when the fire first broke out. Due to the large pile sitting for some time, the wood chips ignited spontaneously. (Tim Kupsick/Star-Tribune)
A wild fire burns on Casper Mountain on August 15, 2006. Star-Tribune file photo
Wyoming head coach Steve McClain yells at an official during the Cowboys' Mountain West tournament semifinal loss to BYU on Friday. Photo by Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune. Listen to athletics director Tom Burman's press conference and view photos of McClain's career here.
In this file photo released by the National Park Service, flames race through a stand of trees in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming on June 21, 1988. There's been a growing number of large western wildfires in recent years, and researchers say it may be a result of global warming. In research supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the Forest Service and the California Energy Commission released Thursday, July 6, 2006, data going back to 1970 indicates the fires increased "suddenly and dramatically" in the 1980s. And scientists in Arizona and California say the wildfire season grew longer. (AP Photo/National Park Service)
A helicopter drops water on the Casper Mountain fire on Tuesday. Photo by Dan Cepeda, Casper Star-Tribune.
Grief-stricken family members huddle near the scene where three children died in a fire at the Cozy Mobile Home Park in Riverton on Aug. 7. (Keith E. Domke, Riverton Ranger via AP file)
Jenny Delgado gives her grandchild, Alex Scott, 2, a kiss while her other grandchild, Mercedez Wallace, 11, works on a laptop computer in their extended stay hotel room on Thursday afternoon. Jenny Delgado, who takes care of her four grandchildren, moved into the hotel when their rental home burned down on Jan. 15 after a gas leak explosion. The family lost everything except what they personally had with them. Photo by Kerry Huller, Star-Tribune
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