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Overnight the Pack Trail Fire and Fish Creek Fires merged along Bull Creek.The incident will now be managed under one name, the Pack Trail Fire. 

Public Meeting - A public meeting to discuss the current fire situation is scheduled for today, Friday, October 4 at 6:00 p.m. The meeting will be held in the Canteen Building at the National Museum of Military Vehicles, 6419 US 26, Dubois, WY. The meeting will be livestreamed from the Bridger-Teton FB page. (Video will be titled: Pack Trail & Fish Creek Fire Community Meeting)

Fish Creek FireTotal Acres: 25,371Total Personnel: 312Containment/Completion: 95%Pack Trail FireTotal Acres: 18,774Total Personnel: 43Containment/Completion: 0%

Fish Creek and Pack Trail Fire Daily Update Wednesday, October 2, 2024Pack Trail Fire                             Total Acres: 18,774                       Total Personnel: 214                      Contained/Completed: 0%              

Tuesday, October 1, 2024Total Acres: 25,081Total Personnel: 115Contained/Completed: 87%

Jackson Wyo., September 30, 2024 - The Fish Creek Fire saw less active fire behavior yesterday than the neighboring Pack Trail Fire. This can be attributed to the fact that the fire is running into previously consumed fuel along its perimeter and is primarily burning interior pockets of vegetation that are not threatening containment lines. These interior fuels are expected to burn for some time and may produce some smoke under certain weather conditions. 

Jackson Wyo., September 29, 2024 – The Fish Creek Fire and the Pack Trail Fire were extremely visible on Saturday, September 28, putting large smoke columns into the air. The Fish Creek Fire acreage is 25,069 acres and the Pack Trail fire, just 3 miles south of the southern edge of the Fish Creek Fire, grew to over 9,000 acres. Both fires are burning in heavy timber. The lightning-caused Fish Creek Fire was discovered on August 16, 2024, while the lightning caused Pack Trail Fire was discovered on September 15, 2024.

Due to increased wildfire threats in the area, Fremont County Wyoming, in coordination with the Incident Management Team has issued "SET" (Level 2) and "READY" (Level 1) evacuation alerts. This is part of the Ready, Set, Go alert system that helps residents to know how to prepare and when to act in the face of an impending wildfire. 

Smoke Expected from Fish Creek and Pack Trail Fires through the Weekend Jackson Wyo., September 28, 2024 –Firefighters remain focused on confining and containing the Fish Creek fire which is 25,069 acres and burning 22-miles southeast of Moran, Wyoming. The fire began on August 16, 2024 and is burning in heavy timber. Despite challenges from strong winds in the past couple of days, the fire stayed within containment lines, although smoke columns have been visible. 

Moran Wyo., September 27, 2024–  Approximately 700 cords of firewood located at Togwotee Lodge are stacked in log decks from the Fish Creek Fire suppression operations and are available to the public for firewood gathering with a permit. The decks contain Engelmann spruce and some lodge pole pine. They are easily accessible and located off the Togwotee Lodge Road.