Mullen Fire map 10-09

There was better news Friday from those in charge of fighting the Mullen Fire about 40 miles southwest of Laramie, as spread of the blaze slowed and containment increased slightly.

According to a daily fact sheet released at 3:30 p.m. Friday by a Southern Area Type 1 Blue Team managing the fire in the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, the total acreage was 173,747 as of a measurement taken at 10 p.m. Thursday. At 1 a.m. the same day, the total acreage was 170,996, which was an increase of nearly 10,000 acres from the day before.

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