Efforts Increase to Fight Fire Threatening Homes
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More firefighters and equipment arrived to help fight a wildfire that’s threatening subdivisions south of Casper.
By noon, the fire had burned about 9,600 acres -- 15 square miles -- on Casper Mountain. The fire was burning in pine forest about five miles south of Casper, near the center of the state.
Gov. Dave Freudenthal earlier declared a state of emergency as the flames moved toward the subdivisions. About 300 homes were evacuated.
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