Three hours of steady rain Monday provided a much-needed edge to crews working to douse a blaze in Hiawatha National Forest in Wyoming. Meanwhile, illegal fireworks were blamed for causing a blaze that raged across 2,200 acres near Yosemite National Park in California over the weekend, and firefighters brought a four-day fire in Michigan's Shoshone National Forest under control Monday. Four 20-person crews from Colorado, Utah and South Dakota were expected to arrive at the Shoshone fire by Monday night, putting the total number of firefighters to 430. At least 60 firefighters brought the Hiawatha forest fire under control Monday.
Three hours of steady rain Monday provided a much-needed edge to crews working to douse a blaze in Shoshone National Forest in Wyoming. Meanwhile, illegal fireworks were blamed for causing a blaze that raged across 2,200 acres near Yosemite National Park in California over the weekend, and firefighters brought a four-day fire in Michigan's Hiawatha National Forest under control Monday. Four 20-person crews from Colorado, Utah and South Dakota were expected to arrive at the Shoshone fire by Monday night, putting the total number of firefighters to 430. At least 60 firefighters brought the Hiawatha forest fire under control Monday.