WY-BTF-Fontenelle

[ballofire]

Location: 33-miles northwest of LaBarge, Wyoming
Acres: ~900
ROS: Moderate
ROC: 60 Personnel, 3 helicopters
heavy dead and down timber
Structures: are not currently threatened
Special Hazards:
Resources: According to friend assigned to the fire a Type-II team is being ordered.
Radio Frequencies:
Weather Info: windy
Other Comments: Fire has grown steadily for the past 2 days.
Was 100 Acres when first resources arrived at approx. 1600 on 6/24

Internet Links ---------------

Maps:
Agency Website: http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2934/
Online Scanner:
Live Video:
Web Cam:

[ballofire]

Plume visible in satellite imagery
http://sat.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/1km/VIS1RIW.GIF

Smoke looks like a comet's tail. It is windy.

[firehog]

All Aviation operations suspended due to high winds! and I mean windy

[NVJims]

Wilde's Type 2 team is being mobilized to the fire.

[ballofire]

The current acreage guess is 2000.
That would be doubt the guess at 1300 local time and quadruple the guess at 0900.

[firehog]

12,000 acres per I/R flight...

[oregonfirefighter]

Huge header visable from Little America and the wind is dragging the smoke hard to the NorthWest

[ballofire]

Report from the ground indicates slightly less intense burning compared to yesterday.
Fire is still spreading in all directions with current estimated acreage 26,000.
Some of that is burn-out operation.
Satellite image shows two columns.
http://sat.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/1km/VIS1RIW.GIF

[abercrombie]

Inciweb was just posted for this fire:

http://www.inciweb.org/incident/2934/

Paul Hutta is IC

Total Personnel	92
Size	12,000 acres
Fuels Involved	Heavy dead and down timber
Fire Behavior	There is a lot of ash in the air and heavy smoke. No spotting, but embers are being blown about as a result of the wind.
Significant Events	Several firefighters are supressing the fire Additional engines have been ordered. 3 Helicopters are working the fire

[ballofire]

Spoke with folks on the fire. It is still cranking and the satellite data shows that to be true.
http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us/data...12180_1500.jpg
http://sat.wrh.noaa.gov/satellite/1km/VIS1RIW.GIF
Mike Wilde's Type-II team is in place.