Fire

The City of Cheyenne announced Wednesday that it has, once again, ordered the owner of the vacant Hitching Post Inn to demolish and remove the structure.

Investigators are still trying to piece together what caused last week's fire at the vacant Hitching Post Inn.

The Hitching Post was once a major Cheyenne landmark, known as "The Second Capitol" because so many legislators stayed there.

The Hitching Post was built in 1925 and was once a favorite home-away-from-home for Wyoming legislators and other movers and shakers.

This is a developing story and we will report more details as they become available.

One resident was taken to the Wyoming Medical Center for treatment of injuries and was soon released.

The turbine fire burned itself out after a couple of hours, according to LCFD#10 Chief Paul Pomeroy.

According to the report, at 12:17pm, on the afternoon of December 8, 2020, Casper Fire-EMS units were dispatched to the 1400 Block of S. Jackson Street after concerned parties reported that smoke was coming from the front of a residential structure. No injuries were reported and the resident was not…

An industrial fire has been reported at 5715 West Yellowstone in the Mills area. U.S. Highway 20/26 is blocked.

The park raised the fire danger to "very high" in August.