Hundreds of cattle moved as wildfire grows

Fire officials have scheduled a community meeting on the Elk Fire for Wednesday night, October 9, at 7pm at the high school in Big Horn, Wyoming.

The Elk Fire is now at 75,000 acres and 10 percent contained.

Fire officials report smoke from the Elk Fire is limiting air operations as helicopters need a minimum of one mile visibility for safe operations on wildland fires. It is also contributing to unhealthy air quality in northern Wyoming and southern Montana.

Sheridan county fire officials report some 700 cattle were moved Monday from the Bighorn National Forest summer grazing area to their winter grazing areas with the help of a convoy of cattle trucks…