Wildfire with visible smoke reported near Bishop and O.R. Road, Campbell County WY
WildfireA wildfire was reported near Bishop Road and O-R Road with visible smoke columns. Multiple callers from nearby counties confirmed seeing and smelling smoke. Civilians helped stop the fire front, and recent rain slowed the fire's spread. Fire units are being dispatched to the area.
Audio|Source: Gillette Police, Campbell County Sheriff, Fire and EMS, WHP
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Transcript:
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It sounds like I'm getting a couple calls and they're saying that it might be off of Bishop and the OR road. I do know Crook County called and asked if we had a fire over kind of in that area close to their Shipwil Road.
00:14
I did get a third caller from Weston County saying that he can see the smell from there.
00:19
And they got a call saying they might be off a bishop and O.R.
00:25
Hi, copy, yeah.
00:27
All units go down Highway 51 to Bishop Road. It's going to be faster access to the O.R.
00:32
Road.
00:36
They do have a visible column from the Savania Road.
01:04
I did have a caller give me exact coordinates of where he was standing.
01:08
These coordinates, he said,
01:11
were the fire is about a mile east of where he is sitting from these coordinates. He does now see three columns with smoke.
01:19
Yeah, I copy, I see too. Can you just punch those coordinates in that he gave you and see where that puts it's in Campbell, Western, or Crook County, please?
01:28
It's in Campbell County.
01:32
Can you get those coordinates to fire dispatch, break, fire dispatch BC4? Let's take we can launch the seats?
01:41
Dispatch copies in that, so go ahead and with coordinates.
01:45
Those coordinates are 4.4.03076, negative 105.23399.
02:17
active firefront was stopped by civilians and it's had a little rain on it.
04:55
DC4. I got another caller about this, Bishop Fire. He said he's on O-R Road right now. He does see the flames. He's on the top of the hill.
05:03
He said the flames aren't too big quite yet because there was a little shower that just came through. It wouldn't take much for the fire department to clean it up, he said.
05:10
He's about three miles south of the end of O'R Road. If you keep going south down it, it'll take you right to it.
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Location mentioned:
O-R Rd & Bishop Rd, Wyoming 82727
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