Yellowstone Area Fire Update

AREA FIRE UPDATE
August 15, 2016
NO THREAT TO VISITORS ~ NO EVACUATIONS
 
NEW FIRE REPORTED INSIDE THE YELLOWSTONE PARK BOUNDARY  
NEAR DUCK CREEK & COUGAR CREEK
Late this afternoon the Forest Service reported a new fire approximately One-Quarter (1/4) Mile inside the Park boundary about 8 miles north of West Yellowstone. It is also burning to the Northeast (away from town) in the fire scar of the '88 North Fork fire. Yellowstone Park and Custer-Gallatin National Forest teams have responded.

ALL ROADS TO WEST YELLOWSTONE AND IN YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK ARE OPEN.
The other three fires burning within Yellowstone NP, are now being managed as a single complex, the Buffalo Complex. Buffalo Fire: 97 acres; Fawn Fire: 936 acres; Maple Fire: 1,100 acres.

Park visitors and neighboring communities should anticipate varying levels of smoke from these fires. Usually heaviest in the morning before the temperatures rise.
Updates are posted on the Chamber website: http://bit.ly/2aM60Zb
Additional information will be shared as we receive it from Yellowstone Park and USFS.
As a result of this fire activity, some backcountry trails and campsites are closed until further notice.
 
REMINDER: DRONES ARE PROHIBITED IN AIRSPACE NEAR WILDFIRES
If you are flying, then official fire-fighting aircraft cannot. Photos are not worth it!
 
Please, also discourage your staff and community members from posting photos and inaccurate information on social media - this alarms our current and incoming visitors.
 
For more details about the fires: http://inciweb.nwcg.gov
or   https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/management/currentfireactivity.htm

Air Quality Reports: http://svc.mt.gov/deq/todaysair/