Wednesday’s wildfire suppression activities on the Russell’s Camp Fire and Fontenelle Fires got a bit of bad news when a new fire to was reported along the Wyoming / Montana boarder - The Index Creek Fire.
EVACUATIONS: Residents of houses/cabins along County Road 24, Cold Springs Road, between the Albany/Converse County line to the south and the intersection with Fetterman Road to the north were requested to evacuate. This includes the Meadow Creek area. An evacuation center was available at the Recreation Center in Douglas, Wyoming.
Stage I fire restrictions went into effect on the Medicine Bow National Forest and Thunder Basin National Grassland as of midnight on June 14, 2012. On Sunday, June 17th another fire started in the Medicine Bow Range, Southwest of Douglas, WY.