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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Firefighters are attacking two new wildfires in Yellowstone National Park.
All tourist areas and major roads are open, but fire officials have determined that the fires could eventually pose a threat and need to be extinguished.
Both fires began Monday.
One is about 4 miles north of West Yellowstone and the other is near West Thumb just off the Grand Loop Road.
Firefighters are attacking both fires with air tankers and helicopters.
Several other fires burning in remote areas of the park are being monitored.
A fire in a remote area of neighboring Grand Teton National Park also is being monitored.
Elsewhere in Wyoming, firefighters continue to fight fires burning in the Shoshone National Forest northwest of Cody and on federal and private land southwest of Meeteetse.
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