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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Another state park in southeast Wyoming is threatened by a wildfire.

Campers and visitors on the east side of Glendo State Park were evacuated Sunday night because of a wildfire burning on the nearby Wyoming National Guard training grounds. They were moved to the west side of the park and its reservoir.

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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s largest wildfire has destroyed 30 homes and dozens of outbuildings.

Albany County assessors told the Associated Press  that they’ve completed their survey of the damage caused by the 150-square-mile Arapahoe fire northwest of Wheatland.

They looked at over

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming’s largest wildfires remain in check after rain and cooler weather helped firefighters gain the upper hand over the weekend.

But warm, drier weather is returning, meaning conditions will soon again favor the spread of any new fires that might start.

The largest of

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Rain and cooler weather has helped the fight against wildfires burning in Wyoming.

The largest of the fires is the roughly 150-square-mile Arapaho Fire burning northwest of Wheatland. Over the

The folks of the California Interagency Incident Management Team 4 flew over the Squirrel Creek fire and took this video.

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Fire fighters say rain is helping control four major wildfires burning in Wyoming. State Forester Bill Crapser says damp conditions raise hopes that firefighters will  be able to move into mop up soon.

The largest of the fires is the roughly 150-square-mile Arapaho Fire b

Officials in Converse County are investigating a fire that has destroyed a bridge. Fire crews were called out around 4:30 a.m. Friday to the Coal Shadow Bridge on Coal Shadow road off the Old Glenr

NEWCASTLE, Wyo. (AP) — More rain is expected to help firefighters at the 17-square-mile Squirrel Creek fire but winds from thunderstorms have helped spread the fire a bit.

The fire about 30 miles southwest of Laramie grew by about 650 acres before some rain began falling Thursday. The fire

NEWCASTLE, Wyo. (AP) — Fire officials say the nearly 17-square-mile Squirrel Creek Fire about 30 miles southwest of Laramie was human-caused.

Fire spokesman Larry Helmerick says an investigation is continuing.

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Investigators on the Squirrel Creek Fire say they’ve determined it was human caused.

“One thing people should understand is, 75 percent of the fires, at least, are human caused. And we just ask people to be very careful. Its bad enough that we do have the lightening

NEWCASTLE, Wyo. (AP) — Rain has helped crews battling some wildfires in Wyoming, including a 16-square-mile Squirrel Creek Fire about 30 miles southwest of Laramie.

The residents of about 15 homes were evacuated Wednesday evening because the fire grew to the southeast in beetle-killed timber. However,

RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Fire crews have fully contained the Highlands Fire burning in southwest South Dakota and northeast Wyoming, and made progress on the White Draw Fire in South Dakota’s Black Hills.

The Highlands Fire destroyed five structures including two homes between New