Sara Teter

Officials from the Rocky Mountain Incident Management Team Black and cooperators held a meeting at 7 p.m, at the Albany County Fairgrounds. Wednesday to brief Albany County residents on the Badger Creek Fire.

In light of an outpouring of community support, the Big Laramie Fire Department has set up a trailer at The Butcher Block in West Laramie to collect donated items for the firefighters battling the Badger Creek Fire in the southern Snowy Range.

The Badger Creek Fire doubled in size Tuesday afternoon, from 2,300 acres to 5,244 acres, with growth primarily to the east.

The Badger Creek Fire has burned 2,300 acres after it made a large, wind-driven run Monday in southern Albany County on the Medicine Bow National Forest and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency has authorized the use of federal funds to help with firefighting costs for the fire.

The Forest Service said that as of 9 p.m. Sunday, the fire was roughly estimated at 100 acres and there is no containment. On Sunday, efforts were focused on evacuation, public safety and fire assessment.

Full evacuations are in place for Wold, Mountain Home and Wycolo according to Aimee Binning, Albany County Emergency Management coordinator.

Personnel from the Albany County Emergency Management and Assessor’s office, in conjunction with the National Weather Service in Cheyenne and Farm Service Agency have assessed the area in Albany County Impacted by Wednesday’s tornado.

The Albany County Assessor's office is reviewing the area where the tornado hit with the National Weather Service and Emergency Management to assess damage to property.

The National Weather Service has issued flash flood warning for Albany and Laramie counties.

The Forest Service has opened Forest Road 700, or Vedauwoo Road on Pole Mountain in Medicine Bow National Forest for motorized travel and designated dispersed camping in time for the holiday weekend.