Evacuation

As of 3:15 p.m. Thursday, the Big Wind River level was at 11.93 feet, topping the previous record of 11.8 feet set in 2011.

Authorities also evacuated Worland's swimming pool, Seventh Day Adventist Church School, preschool, National Guard Armory and bus barn.

One unit of the Laramie Care Center was briefly evacuated Thursday after staff smelled smoke around 9:30 a.m. and called the fire department. No injuries were reported. Andrea Stannard, nursing home administrator, says staff moved the unit’s residents to another unit within four minutes...

The Laramie Safeway has reopened after a small electrical fire caused the store’s evacuation earlier today.

A small area at the corner of W. Blackfoot Street and Ft. Sanders Rd near Laramie have been evacuated.

A possible false report led to the evacuation of an Albany County neighborhood earlier this week.

Evacuation notices in the Squirrel Creek Fire expanded Wednesday afternoon. Here's the latest from InciWeb:

Albany County Sheriff Dave O'Malley has confirmed that a wildfire that is believed to have started in the Squirrel Creek drainage on Saturday has reached a burn area of 7000 acres and has consumed some structures.  The number of type of structures is unknown at this time...