Silver Spoon Fire grows to 1,700 acres in northern Campbell County
Silver Spoon Fire grows to 1,700 acres in northern Campbell County
GILLETTE (WNE) — The Silver Spoon Fire north of Recluse has burned an estimated 1,700 acres since starting Sunday morning.
The Campbell County Fire Department “made good progress” on the fire Sunday, according to a Facebook post, and at 6 p.m. Monday, Southwest Area Incident Management Team No. 5 will take over the management of this fire, which is about 37 miles north of Gillette.
The same team is overseeing the Constitution and Flat Rock fires in Campbell County, as well as the House Draw Fire in Johnson County and Remington Fire in Sheridan County and Montana.
Sunday and Monday, firefighters attacked the Silver Spoon Fire from both the ground and the air with local resources and two hotshot crews from the Constitution Fire.
Southwest Area Incident Management Team No. 5 also provided updates Monday on the other four fires that it’s working:
- Flat Rock (52,421 acres, 78% contained): Suppression repair crews continue to make progress, working north to south on the fire. Monday, heavy equipment operators continued repairing firelines as crews scouted additional repair needs.
- Constitution (24,594 acres, 95% contained): Firefighters mopped up remaining heat sources within pine stringers Sunday. Monday, crews scouted for heat sources on the eastern edge of the fire, as heavy equipment operators repaired lines on the north and northwestern portions of the fire.
- House Draw (174,547 acres, 94% contained): There are few heat sources remaining on this fire. Monday, heavy equipment operators worked to complete repairs on the south side of I-90. Bulldozers and graders will also move north of the interstate, conducting repairs where needed.
- Remington (196,368 acres, 81% contained): Activity on this fire was limited to smoldering and creeping in the northern portion of the fire Sunday. Monday, equipment and hand crews continued line repair across the fire area.
This story was published on September 2, 2024.