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 […]
A Union Pacific Railroad train left the track on Sunday afternoon. The train was hauling coal near Mills, about 13 miles west of Levan, when the locomotive went over a small bridge and derailed. The incident caused some of the coal to ignite, sending smoke into the Juab county sky. […]
(Cedar City, UT) — Fire officials are breathing a sigh of relief after putting out two human-caused fires in Iron County. The first fire happened near Enoch early yesterday afternoon and was brought under control after burning five acres. Investigators say the fire was started by a trailer tire that […]
(Cedar City, UT) — Nobody is seriously hurt after a fire damaged a home in Cedar City over the weekend. The blaze is believed to have started in some brush of a backyard before spreading to a home and its garage Sunday morning. Firefighters noted it burned up a tall […]
(Kanab, UT) — A fire in Kane County is out without any major damage or injuries. The flames started Thursday in Kanab, spreading to a power pole that left about one-thousand people without power. The fire torched ten acres of land before crews were able to contain the flames, including […]
(Cedar City, UT) — Two firefighters were taken to the hospital after a chemical fire broke-out in Cedar City yesterday. No one is saying just how the firefighters were injured, or just how serious their injuries are. The fire started yesterday afternoon in the area of 700 North 2325 West. […]
On June 14, fire crews responded to a fire at Delta Middle School that gutted the school’s gym. In a post to the Millard School District’s Facebook page it was shared, “it appears the fire was caused by the spontaneous combustion of materials that had been removed from the gymnasium […]
Just before 5:00 a.m. on June 14, a fire was reported at Delta Middle School. Fire crews from Delta, Fillmore, Hinckley, Oak City, Lynndyl and Leamington responded to the scene where flames were shooting out of the school’s roof. Most of the damage was to the schools gym with Millard […]
Firefighters in Sevier County had a busy fourth of July. Firefighters responded to a dumpster fire behind Dollar General, a dumpster fire at the Central Valley LDS Church, a fire near the Richfield water tank, a fire north of I-70 exit 40, two other fires in Richfield, a fire in […]
Around 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 21, authorities responded to a fire at Ville 647 across the street from Pearson Tire in Richfield. All local law enforcement, fire and EMS responded. Multiple people were pulled from the building and taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation and minor injuries, but authorities […]
