Lightning-Sparked Fire Burns Up Pasture

About 220 acres of pasture were burned by a grass fire 17 miles west of Laramie off of WYO 130. Laramie Fire Department Company Commander Billy Shutte tells media that lightning started the fire and rain helped contain it.

Shutte says they received a call about the fire at approximately 2:50 p.m. on Monday afternoon. No buildings were lost, although some stacks of hay bales did catch fire and burned through the night. Crews were sent back to the scene Tuesday morning to tear apart the hay bales.

In addition to the Laramie Fire Department, the Centennial Valley Volunteer Fire Department, Little Laramie Volunteer Fire Department, Big Laramie Fire Department, Albany County 20 and city tanker truck responded to the scene.