Last
update unless significant fire activity occurs
Saturday, September 7
to End of Season, 2013 – 9:00 a.m.
Yellowstone
National Park currently has six active fires burning. The Druid Fire in the northeast near Lamar,
the Alum and Calderon near the Fishing Bridge, the Alder Fire on the Promontory
at the south end of Yellowstone Lake, and the Snake and Passage Fires near the
south boundary of the Park. All of these
fires are being managed jointly as the Druid Complex.
The
Alum Fire is still smoldering in close proximity to the Grand Loop Road
corridor between the Mud Volcano site and the Fishing Bridge. Small amounts of smoke from the fire are visible
intermittently from the Mud Volcano area. All these fires will likely continue to
smolder in the down fuels until a season ending event involving significant
rain or snowfall. For public safety, the Park/Incident are
maintaining the closure of the west-side
highway pullouts designated by orange cones between Nez Perce Ford and LeHardy’s
Rapids.
Fire
activity remains light on all fires with visible smoke also being reported on
the Alder and Druid fires. The campsites
on the west-side of Promontory Point have been cleared of charred snags but the
general area still has potential fire activity and will remain closed. The campsites (5L8, 5L9) on the northeast
portion of Promontory point were opened yesterday.
An
aerial reconnaissance flight planned for yesterday was postponed due to weather
and is being planned for late this morning if weather permits. Still of special concern will be the Druid
fire which has smoke visible
when traveling easterly on Highway 212 from Tower Junction towards Lamar Ranch.
Additional
information can be found on the web at:
Twitter @YellowstoneNPS
Facebook at YellowstoneNPS
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