The Roosevelt fire near Bondurant has claimed 20 homes in the Hoback Ranches Subdivision and reached nearly 50,000 acres as of last night, according to a report from the Sublette County Sheriff’s Office.

The fire began September 15th and more than 800 firefighters are on the scene trying to get the blaze under control. Authorities report that the fire is on about 25% contained as of this morning.

More than 500 people have been evacuated from subdivisions in the Upper Hoback, Thunder, Hoback Ranches, Bridger Estates, Rim Ranches, Rim Station area, Sargent Lane, Flying A Ranch, and Bondurant.

Due to potential fire growth, many surrounding areas near the fire remain on “SET” mode.

Home Assessements

Assessment of homes and property efforts are continuing to give residents answers to the status of their homes.

The area is remains extremely dangerous which makes it difficult to determine when residents of the evacuated areas will be allowed to return to their homes, according to the SCSO.

Residents from the evacuated area will not be allowed to return to their homes for items or to check their homes until the evacuation has been lifted.

The Sheriff’s Office reports that plans are developed to facilitate re-entry when the Incident Management deems it safe to return.

Back burning operations were put in place today to protect structures near the rim and prevent the fire from going across Highway 191 and threatening additional areas.

Operations were put in place yesterday to do assessment of the area and the homes within Hoback Ranches subdivision. Personnel were in the area up through most of today.

However certain areas of the fire are still actively burning and unsafe to enter. Assessments of that area will be done when it is safe for personnel to enter the area.

Homeowners can expect to be notified of the status of their homes one way or the other directly from the Sheriff’s Office as soon as we have that information.

Evacuation Center Locations

An evacuation center for people affected by the fires managed by the American Red Cross still remains on standby and located at the LDS Church in Pinedale.

Due to highway closures from fire operations and activity a shelter is in place in Jackson Hole located at the Montessori School of the Tetons, also managed by the American Red Cross.

The Pinedale Lions Club is now assisting in coordination with the Red Cross to provide assistance for evacuees from the fire if assistance is needed please email rooseveltfireaid@gmail.com to contact them for this incident.

The Sublette County Sheriff’s Office wants to emphasize to the public that there is a current fire ban within Sublette County and many surrounding counties.

Updates can be found on the Sublette County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page, the Sublette County Emergency Management Facebook page, https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/6212/, and www.wyoroad.info.

A Fire information line has been created by the Incident Management team in charge of the fire. The phone number for the Fire information line is 844-692-5341.

In addition, we will share any information we receive from the Incident Management team on the progression of the fire.