Incident Management Team ordered for the Neiber Fire south of Worland, WY

The map shows heat detected on the Neiber Fire by satellites at 2:06 p.m. MDT July 15, 2020.In the 24 hours since the Neiber Fire was reported Tuesday afternoon, by 4 p.m. Wednesday it had grown to 7,800 acres according to the Bureau of Land Management. The fire is in Pistol Draw 13 miles south-southeast of Worland, Wyoming.A Type 3 Incident Management Team has been ordered. The firefighters on the ground, including the Palouse hand crew from Idaho and the Black Hats from South Dakota, are being assisted by a DC-10 very large air tanker, large air tankers, single engine air tankers, and helicopters.We will update this article as more information becomes available. Neiber Fire. BLM photo.
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Author: Bill Gabbert
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