The fire hasn't reached Burgess Junction. US-14 between Dayton and Burgess Junction is closed until further notice, because the road it literally destroyed. The wooden posts that hold the guardrails in place are burned off, the road surface itself is buckled and broken, and in places going up the mountain, there are boulders between the size of a sofa and small car that have come down on the road. It will take WYDOT a while to get the road open again. You're correct on the pictures - those are the places. The fire burned out that part of the forest down to Wolf (or Eaton's). It burned around Eaton's home place on the way to Beckton. |