PINEDALE — In the week since the Dollar Lake Fire was discovered near Green River Lakes on Aug. 21, the fast-moving wildland fire has consumed more than 13,400 acres of heavy timber 32 miles north of Pinedale.

The fire is burning in a dense mix of lodgepole pine, aspen and conifer forest, with dead and downed trees that are receptive to isolated torching, according to officials.

The dead and downed 1,000-hour fuels produced active to extreme fire behavior, sustained crown runs and spotting with long-range spotting.

Personnel on scene have reported crown fires in the timber with “100-foot flame lengths” as the fire burns above the Green River Lake campground and into the Bridger Wilderness.

In addition to an engine from Sublette County Unified Fire, some 450 firefighters from around the

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