The Holroyd fire is burning approximately two miles north of the Wyoming-Colorado state line and 15 miles southwest of Encampment.
As of Tuesday morning, Aaron Voos, the public affairs officer with Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, said the fire is less than one acre in size. As the result of overnight efforts on Monday, the blaze is fully contained. The cause of the fire has not been determined.
One firefighter from the Parks Ranger District was injured during the initial attack, when a fire-weakened tree fell on him.
He was airlifted to Cheyenne Regional Medical Center and later released. The firefighter has returned to his duty-station in Walden, Colo. and is expected to make a full recovery.
Crews from the Brush Creek-Hayden and Parks Ranger Districts have responded to the fire and have the use of one engine and a Type III helicopter.
By Monday night, the crews had completed a fire line around the entire perimeter and continued to battle the fire with water.
The still smoking and smoldering fire is mostly burning large, dead timber as the finer ground fuels are still wet and green.
Smoke seen recently in the Valley is the result of fires in the Washington, Oregon and Idaho, not the Holroyd fire.
According to the interagency InciWeb incident information system there are no other wildfires in Wyoming, Utah, or Colorado right now.
As the fire danger increases this year, Platte Valley residents should review their wildland fire preparedness. For more information on wildland fire safety, go to http://www.wildlandfirersg.org
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