Badger Creek Fire

The University of Wyoming Dining Services is jumping in on the Badger Creek Fire effort by delivering breakfast, lunch and dinner to the team of 130 firefighters in the Fox Park area of the Snowy Range.

Firefighters assigned to the Badger Creek Fire captured video of a moose playing in the water near the fire line.

Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team Black says that preliminary investigations suggest that the Badger Creek Fire is human-caused.

Day expects cooler, wetter weather through the rest of this month to reduce the fire danger going into early July.

Cool, wet weather over the weekend helped crews gain containment over the badger creek fire, which is now estimated at 20,090 acres and is now 85 percent contained.

The Badger Creek Fire has now grown to 17,934 acres, with zero containment.

Super Scoopers are filling up at Lake Hattie near Medicine Bow National Forest to assist with the Badger Creek Fire fighting efforts.

As many Wyoming residents have been dealing with smoke pollution in the air due to the Badger Creek Wildfire in Medicine Bow National Forest, the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality is reminding residents that it offers near real-time air quality information.

While the rain won't put the fire out, Day says it will help firefighters in their battle against the blaze.

The Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team Black says the Badger Creek Fire has grown to 14,960 acres, with no containment.