The cause of the fire that destroyed the Snow Dragon Restaurant in Ephraim has been determined. An investigation determined the fire started due to some kind of mechanical failure of the water heater in the building. The fire started around 1:30 a.m. on Aug. 10, no one was in the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — New details are emerging about the helicopter crash that killed two pilots while they were fighting the Widemouth 2 Fire earlier this month. The NTSB said Tuesday that pilots Chris Andersen and Miles Elliott were preparing to drop water on the fire August 7th when […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A pair of firefighters killed in a crash en route to the Widemouth 2 Fire are being honored. A procession was held Friday morning at the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Taylorsville, escorting the bodies of Chris Andersen and Miles Elliott to the Salt Lake […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Flags across Utah are lowered in honor of a pair of firefighters killed in a helicopter crash while battling the Widemouth 2 Fire. Governor Spencer Cox ordered all U.S. and state flags to half-staff yesterday. Miles Elliot of Porterville, California was the pilot of the […]
(Beaver, UT) — A trooper and a deputy will recover after they were hit by a vehicle in Beaver County while responding to a separate crash yesterday. It happened on the northbound side of I-15. The Utah Highway Patrol says the Beaver County deputy has a broken arm and other […]
(Beaver, UT) — A flash flood warning was issued yesterday for parts of Beaver County as the Cottonwood Fire burn scar continues to be unstable. Even after the warning ends, residents are advised to stay alert in case more adverse weather approaches. The 97-thousand acre fire left a burn scar […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The two firefighters killed in a helicopter crash while battling the Widemouth 2 Fire have been identified. Miles Elliot, a pilot who worked for the Porterville, California Fire Department, and Christopher Andersen of Iowa died when their Sikorsky Skycrane went down Friday near Richfield. Elliot […]
Around 1:30 a.m. on Aug. 10, the Ephraim and Manti Fire Departments responded to a fire at the Snow Dragon Chinese Restaurant on the south end of Ephraim. The blaze was brought under control around 5:00 a.m., but the building is believed to be a total loss. The building was […]
On Aug. 6 firefighters responded to a garbage truck fire in Richfield. According to a post to the Richfield Fire Department Facebook page, the cause of the fire was lithium batteries thrown in household trash. The post called this a careless act that puts sanitation workers and firefighters in danger […]
The deaths of two helicopter pilots have been confirmed after a crash in Sevier County. Around 10:40 a.m. on Aug. 7, a Sikorsky Skycrane helicopter with a pilot and crewmember on board crashed while assigned to the Widemouth 2 Fire. This ignited the vegetation in the area. According to a […]
