Public Safety

Bare Fire Ignites on Bridger-Teton

Wednesday, August 5, 2026

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The Bare Fire, a 250-acre wildfire, is actively burning in timber north of Bare Pass and east of Bare Creek on the Bridger-Teton National Forest.

Firefighting resources including Teton Interagency Fire engines, Sublette County staff, air attack, two type 3 helicopters, smokejumpers, and a 10-person fire module are responding to the incident.

Residents in the area should monitor updates from the Bridger-Teton National Forest for potential impacts on air quality or travel routes.

📄 Source: InciWeb Active Wildfires — http://inciweb.wildfire.gov/incident-information/wybtf-bare-fire

Checked against the public record4 of 13 claims · 31%

Every factual claim below was checked against the original public record. Source: original document ↗

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The Bare Fire is a 250-acre wildfire“null”
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The Bare Fire is actively burning in timber north of Bare Pass“The Bare Fire is located north of Bare Pass and east of Bare Creek on the Big Piney Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest. The fire is burning in heavy timber fuels and is exhibiting increased fire activity, including torching and spotting, as fuel moisture decreases and temperatures rise in the afternoon.”
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The Bare Fire is actively burning east of Bare Creek“The Bare Fire is located north of Bare Pass and east of Bare Creek on the Big Piney Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest.”
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The Bare Fire is actively burning on the Bridger-Teton National Forest“The Bare Fire is located north of Bare Pass and east of Bare Creek on the Big Piney Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest.”
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Firefighting resources including Teton Interagency Fire engines are responding to the incident“null”
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Firefighting resources including Sublette County staff are responding to the incident“null”
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Firefighting resources including air attack are responding to the incident“Bare Fire Air Tanker Air Operations Thu, 08/06/2026 - 12:39 Bare Fire Air Tanker Air Operations”
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Firefighting resources including two type 3 helicopters are responding to the incident“null”
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Firefighting resources including smokejumpers are responding to the incident“null”
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Firefighting resources including a 10-person fire module are responding to the incident“null”
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Residents in the area should monitor updates from the Bridger-Teton National Forest“null”
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Residents in the area should monitor updates for potential impacts on air quality“null”
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Residents in the area should monitor updates for potential impacts on travel routes“null”