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Air tankers and helicopters are being used to help firefighters on the ground.

In light of an outpouring of community support, the Big Laramie Fire Department has set up a trailer at The Butcher Block in West Laramie to collect donated items for the firefighters battling the Badger Creek Fire in the southern Snowy Range.

Wyoming's firefighting hotshots are appropriately named. Check out their heroic actions this season.

The Campbell County Fire Department expects multiple fires to continue burning for the next few days.

It was a dangerous situation that required careful management on the part of first responders.

Melin says the Jeep was a total loss, with the entire interior melted.

Multiple fire departments from around the state are reporting a phone scam asking for donations.

According to a Monday morning news release from fire managers, firefighters including a hot shot crew were at the fire scouting and preparing to create a landing area for helicopters.

In Carbon County, Wyo., firefighters are evaluating areas north of the fire where they may have to defend buildings should the fire make a push in that direction.

Fire managers say storm cells moving in from the south mark the first time in over a week the weather forecast calls for conditions that may reduce fire activity.

The goal of fire managers is full suppression of the flames, but given the nature of the fuel -- dense, standing beetle-killed timber -- direct attack by ground crews is simply too dangerous an undertaking in most areas.

Rob Sanders, Brooke Thornock and Engine Boss Michael Morin recently had an interesting day working the fire.