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Editor's Note 3/10/26 at 1 p.m.: Campbell County officials said fire crews had stopped the forward progress of the fire around 5 p.m. on March 9, and the set evacuation status was lifted. Highway 387 is also fully open. Officials said the quick response and availability of heavy equipment meant fire crews were able to stop the spread quickly. No structures were lost.
Driven by wind, a brush fire near the town of Wright grew to a thousand acres on Monday afternoon and prompted an evacuation warning, according to Campbell County officials and the app Watch Duty.
County officials issued a level-two evacuation notice for Highway 387 south to Cosner Road and east of Highway 59, including the town of Wright. A Watch Duty update said the fire is on both sides of Highway 387.
The county’s three-tiered evacuation prompts are “ready,” “set” and “go.”
Wyoming Department of Transportation officials said that all lanes are blocked on Highway 387 between Reno Junction and Midwest from milepost 140 to 144.
According to the website Global Forest Watch, there’ve been “4 … fire alerts reported so far in 2026 considering high confidence alerts only. This total is normal compared to the total for previous years going back to 2012. The most fires recorded in a year was 2012, with 2,000.”
