The Horse Fire, discovered onย Friday, June 13,ย has rapidly grown to encompass 969 acres on the Bridger-Teton National Forestโs (BTNF) Big Piney Ranger District, according to an update by BTNF.
The lighting-ignited fire continues to burn in heavy timber and slash roughly 10 miles west of Merna, 10 miles north of McDougal Gap and 2 miles west of Prospect Peak, near the confluence of the South Horse Creek and Cow Creek.
According to BTNF, Alpine Hotshots and Wyoming Hotshots are responding to the blaze along with engines and crews from the Nature Conservancy and the forest service. On Friday evening, a Type 3 Incident Management Organization was ordered, โwhich involves a multi-agency organization of firefighting specialists that manage incidents of moderate complexity that require more resources and a longer operational period than the local forest can handle,โ BTNF shared via press release.
There are still no closures associated with the fire, but BTNF asks that people avoid Horse Creek Road while increased traffic and firefighting equipment are moving around.
