Sara Teter

The National Weather Service in Cheyenne has issued a tornado watch for six counties in Wyoming.

Due to current fire conditions and the anticipated elevated risk of wildfire, Stage 1 fire restrictions were put in place Thursday, July 5 on all National Forest System lands within the Sierra Madre Range and Snowy range on the Medicine Bow National Forest.

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.

The Laramie Fire Department put out a fire in Vedauwoo near Laramie over the weekend.

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.

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