Wyoming Wildfires

I was away from the internet last week in rural Vermont, but I did hear some reports on public radio about wildfires that were then burning out west. I am reasonably certain that one of the states that were mentioned in these news reports was Wyoming. I don't believe that I have touched on wildfires in Wyoming yet so I am doing so here. I went to Inciweb (see links below for each fire) just now to read about some of the larger (15,000 acres plus) fires that are still burning or were burning last week in Wyoming. The fire size and other information listed in the parentheses come from the latest inciweb report for each fire that I accessed at about 1:30 PM EDT on September 19, 2012.

Sheep Herder Hill Fire (15,556 acres, 100% containment started on Sept. 9, 2012, cause under investigation). Inciweb -- Sheep Herder Hill.

• According to an Inciweb news release on Sept. 16, 37 residences and 23 outbuildings were destroyed.  
• Wildfire Today's latest report on the Sheep Herder Hill Fire may be found here, where he mentions that helicopters and SEATs were assigned to the fire. 
• A report from the Billings Gazette dated Sept 14, 2012 on the Sheep Herder Hill fire may be found here.

Fontenelle Fire (64,220 acres, 96% containment, started on June 24, 2012, cause under investigation). Inciweb -- Fontenelle.

North Buffalo Fire (25,000 acres, Probable human cause on Aug. 24, 2012). Inciweb -- North Buffalo.

Alpine Lake Fire (40,361 acres, Lightning on Aug. 7, 2012). One of the DC-10 tankers and some SEATs made retardant drops on Sept. 15/16. Inciweb -- Alpine Lake.

• Wildfire Today on Alpine Lake Fire including links to videos
• County10 (Sept 17, 2012) reporting on the Alpine Lake Fire.