Incident Media Photographs

Because the area was smoked-in most of the day and winds were light, fire activity was moderate on the Goat Fire on Sunday (10-6). This picture was taken from the Middle Fork Road around 4 p.m. looking north. The fire is slowly backing toward the Boiling Springs Road and firefighters are positioned along the road to extinguish the fire as it reaches the road. 

After the wind event Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, the northeast end of the the Goat Fire had reached the Yellow Jacket Creek bridge area.

Although the Goat Fire has burned through the area, the Silver Creek Lookout Tower and surrounding structures are still intact. Firefighters wrapped the tower and the others structures and set up a sprinkler system to protect this historic resource.

The Goat Fire made a wind-driven push to the north and northeast on the afternoon and evening of October 4th. This was the view from Juniper Mountain Outfitters in Stolle Meadows. 

Fire personnel worked to cover buildings at the historic Stolle Meadows Guard Station on October 5. The tactic, known as point protection, is to prepare structures to survive if the flame front passes through the area.

Driven by the wind the Goat Fire produced some extreme fire behavior on Friday, October 4th. This photo was taken at the Yellow Jacket Creek Trailhead, south of Warm Lake. The trail bridge over the South Fork of the Salmon River was not damaged.

Firefighters worked to extinguish hot spots along the leading edge of the Goat Fire, along the South Fork of the Salmon River.

"Type 2" hand crews are a critical piece of the effort! Though they do not get as much notice as the more highly experienced "hotshot" crews, type 2 hand crews do a lot of hard work - brushing out roads and fire lines, mopping up, stringing hose. And, at this time of year when hotshot crews are scarce, it would be near impossible to contain fires without them. This crew is from the company Alta Pacific out of California.

This picture was taken from Warm Lake on the afternoon of October 4. Red Flag conditions helped push the Goat Fire to the north toward Stolle Meadows. As of 3:42 on October 4, Warm Lake had been placed on a "ready" evacuation status by the Valley County Sheriff's Office. 

Due to continued warming and drying the Goat Fire has seen renewed fire activity during the first few days of October. Firefighters are working to protect the Silver Creek Lookout and other values at risk.

Members of an engine crew from the Fish Lake National Forest in southern Utah are among the 400 or so personnel working the four fires that make up the Middle Fork Complex. 

Two "Super Scooper" aircraft are being used, when conditions allow, on the Goat Fire. The planes can drop a large amount of water and quickly refill their water tank by skimming the surface of a lark or reservoir.