Mom, 8 kids escape Wyoming wildfire on bike trip
Renee Straker
ByDaniel ConnellandRenee Straker
August 27, 2026Updated: August 27, 2026, 11:47 am EDTPublished: August 17, 2026, 6:00 pm EDT

Nikki Bettis and 8 of her children were biking through Wyoming when a fast-moving wildfire closed in on their campsite near Wamsutter. The Virginia family is biking from Canada to Mexico along the Great Divide Mountain Bike Route. See their escape from the Weiser Knoll Fire, which eventually burned more than 24 square miles.

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