Alabaugh Fire Now 11 Square Miles - 07/09/2007 9:42 AM
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Update: Alabaugh Fire now covers over 11 square miles.
Nearly 270 firefighters are waking up to better conditions at the scene of a wildfire near Hot Springs that covers more than seven-and-a-half square miles. It rained overnight and the winds have died down.
The Alabaugh Fire has killed a homeowner who returned to his house, injured two firefighters, destroyed 27 homes and 50 outbuildings, and forced the evacuation of 50 houses. State officials say high winds yesterday made the fire grow and complicated their efforts.
Crews have contained 20 percent of the fire and expect to have it fully contained by Thursday. State Highway 71 remains closed.
Lightning sparked the fire on Saturday evening. About 12,000 lightning strikes were recorded across southeast Wyoming, southwest South Dakota and northwest Nebraska and several of those sparked fires.
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