K2 Radio FireWatch

Fire crews out of Washington and Oregon took over management of a fire burning north of Newcastle Monday morning. The Oil Creek fire was last assessed at 3100 acres on Sunday, but Fire Information Officer, Chuck Turley, says the fire grew significantly in the last 24 hours with prevailing winds pushing the fire north and away from town.

“We do know it grew quite a bit last night, but the smoke has been so

The Squirrel Creek and Arapaho fires continue to grow with no end in sight.

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A wildfire Southwest of Laramie has caused the evacuation of residents along Fox Creek road near the community of Woods Landing.  The fire is said to be over 2,000 acres and is growing rapidly.

According to the Albany County Sheriff’s Office, an “Urgent Code Red Evacuation Notice�

Another wildfire in the Medicine Bow National Forest located north of the Colorado Border has grown to about 500 acres. The Squirrel Creek fire, south west of Laramie, is burning near Lake Owen.

It was discovered Sa

Casper Residents have been experiencing heavy smoke for days from the wildfires burning throughout the state.  While it’s easy to see the smoke from the ground, it’s a whole new perspective when you view it from the air.  K2 Radio’s News Director, Rich Denison, is also a member of the Civil Air Patrol’

The Arapaho Fire burning  northwest of Wheatland is now at 75,000 acres.  According to Laura McConnell on the INCIweb hotline, there is zero percent containment.

McConnell says twenty engines and eigh

As the Arapaho Fire continues to burn in the Laramie range, and evacuations continuing, residents are quite concerned about their property. This area has over 300 homesites that are year round residences, weekend cabins and recreational properties. One of these pro

GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) — With wildfires raging in Colorado, volunteers in Wyoming have offered to make room for displaced horses on their ranches.

The Facebook group “Horse Evacuations East” has garnered support on it

Fire crews and aircraft continue their battle against the third fire in the Laramie Peak area this month. The Arapaho fire, which was one of three fires believed to have been ignited by lightning in the Laramie Peak area, has now consumed more than 5,000 acres. It’s burning on Forest Service and private lands between Laramie Pe

A third wild fire in the Medicine Bow National Forest near Laramie Peak grew quickly from 30 acres to about 5000 late Thursday. A Type 2 Incident Management Team has been assessing the extent of the

An evacuation order has been issued for residents along Fletcher Park Park Road in the Laramie Peak subdivision due to the Arapaho fire.

Residents of the Laramie Peak subdivision on Fletcher Park Road west o

The USDA Forest Service keeps maps of ire locations across the nation based on data provided by the National Inter-agency Coordination Center and gives you a pretty good idea of how bad it is across the west.

With new fires reported in Albany and Platte counties in addit