Wildfire Blocking Yellowstone Entrance

[The Sushi Bandit]

Source: Phys.org

Firefighters chopped down trees and searched for hotspots on steep hillsides Sunday as they battled a wildfire that has blocked an entrance to Yellowstone National Park.

Wildfire managers said their top priority is clearing a highway that leads to Yellowstone and protecting campgrounds, buildings and archaeological sites. They also are making sure there are no flare-ups or falling trees that could cause injuries or death.Strong winds blew down several trees Saturday, blocking some roadways. Travelers have been warned to be cautious on roads around the park that remain open.

The fire that began last month in neighboring Grand Teton National Park is blocking Yellowstone's south entrance, near the resort town of Jackson. Yellowstone also has entrance stations near Cody and in Montana.


Read more: http://phys.org/news/2016-08-wildfire-blocking-yellowstone-entrance-smolders.html

[DirkGently]

1. Good to know. n/t

[uppityperson]

2. Please edit the op title to match the story's as that's an LBN rule. Thank you

Wildfire blocking Yellowstone entrance smolders on

[Gman]

3. I will never forget when Reagan let Yellowstone burn

Seems it burned from mid-summer until sometime in November when the cold and snow started.

[406-Boz]

4. There was no way to put it out

Those fires in Yellowstone were unstoppable. I live very near the park, have friends who fought those fires. The fires were just too big and too numerous, and it was a dry dry year in ordinarily dry country. It was extremely hot weather with zero rain, and you're right the fires burned until the snow fell, at 7000 feet that could happen any time, but if memory serves it was late Sept. I'm no fan of Raygun but by 88 he didn't even know who the f he was.