Thursday, June 29, 2017

Thursday June 29, 2017

UPDATED 6:53 PM 6/30/2017

6/29/2017  

Brady Fire
Location: 7 miles E/SE of Edgemont, SD
Size: 95 acres
Resources: Federal, State and local, State dozer, and Federal helicopter
Cause: lightning
Status: 60% containment, due to minimal fire behavior, firefighters made good progress. Continuing line construction tomorrow. Three engines will continue to monitor throughout tonight.

*The fire received about a 1/2 inch of rain last night. Approximately 70 firefighters are on scene and will continue mop up and scouting today.


Ridge Fire
Location: Hwy 116, 15 miles SE of Sundance, WY
Size: 0.5 acre
Resources: Federal,
Cause: lightning
Status: Controlled

Rocky Fire
Location: South of Cottonwood Reservoir
Size: 1 acre
Resources: Federal engines
Cause: lightning
Status: Controlled

385 Fire
Location: 1 mile south of Pine Ridge Job Corps
Size: 0.25
Resources: Federal
Cause: lightning
Status: Controlled

Cedar Fire
Location: Fall River Co., Horse Sanctuary,
Size:1.86 acres
Resources: Federal Helicopter, Federal, State crew, and local engines
Cause: lightning
Status: Controlled

Cement Fire
Location: 1/2 mile north of Cement Ridge Lookout, South Dakota/Wyoming border
Size: 0.1
Resources: Federal engine
Cause: lightning
Status: Controlled

Mickelson Fire
Location: Minnekahta Junction
Size: 0.25
Resources: Federal helicopter, State dozer, State engines, and local engines
Cause: lightning
Status: Controlled

Lagoon Fire
Location: south of Chadron, on Nebraska state land near the Pine Ridge Job Corps
Size: 0.1
Resources: Federal and local
Cause: lightning
Status: Controlled