<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=19v27G_1GpjldZ800" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=19v27G_1GpjldZ800" width="281" height="500" ><figcaption>Smoke from the Foot Creek fire as seen on Thursday afternoon. Joseph Ciembroniewicz</figcaption></figure>As of 7:28 am on Friday, Nov. 6, the Foot Creek fire has burned 412 acres in the Bighorn National Forest off U.S. Highway 16 West and Hunter Creek Road, 12 miles west of Buffalo.Multiple local, state and federal agencies as well as private individuals responded to the fire. As of Friday morning, crews have not reported percent containment. The fire is reported to be human caused. In a first-person account of the fire's origin, a worker who was installing guard rails along the highway used a welding torch to remove a stuck bolt when a piece of slag fell into the brush. The worker attempted to extinguish the fire using a fire extinguisher, but did not see the sparks in the underbrush. Officials have not confirmed this account. The fire was reported around 1 p.m. Thursday and grew to 409.5 acres by 8:30 p.m. that evening.Wind speeds in Buffalo on Thursday averaged 10 mph, with a high sustained speed of 22 mph and gusts of 32 mph. Winds died down around sundown Thursday and temperatures cooled overnight.Overnight, crews continued monitoring the fire, and it grew by only another three to four acres. As of Friday afternoon, Forest System Roads 19 (Hunter), 368 (French Creek) and 366 (Cull Watt) are closed to the public. </div></body>

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As of 7:28 am on Friday, Nov. 6, the Foot Creek fire has burned 412 acres in the Bighorn National Forest off U.S. Highway 16 West and Hunter Creek Road, 12 miles west of Buffalo. Multiple local, state and federal agencies as well as private individuals responded to the fire....

Foot Creek fire at 413 acres

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As of 7:28 am on Friday, Nov. 6, the Foot Creek fire has burned 412 acres in the Bighorn National Forest off U.S. Highway 16 West and Hunter Creek Road, 12

Foot Creek fire at 413 acres

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