Ignition for the South Monroe Prescribed Fire Project began Sunday Nov. 3. Ignition areas for the fire include Langdon Mountain, Big Table, and Bean Hill. The Richfield Ranger District says they plan to burn 1,200-2,000 acres on the project located in Piute County. Hand ignitions were used […]
SPRINGVILLE, Utah (AP) — Authorities on Saturday evacuated hunters, campers and people in cabins because of a wildfire in Spanish Fork Canyon in a rural area southeast of Provo. Utah County Sheriff’s spokesman Spencer Canyon said the wildfire was reported at 2 p.m. and an hour later had burned 20 […]
Update: The Leamington fire is now contained with a little help from some snow on Oct. 27. Fire crews will continue to monitor the area for the next few days. 3,700 total acres were burned in the fire. A fire broke out in west Millard county on Oct. 26 […]
Early in the afternoon of the 25, fire crews responded to a fire inside a building belonging to Dogberry located on the east side of Richfield next to Whites Sanitation. The building that caught fire is where Dogberry does a lot of painting so the building contained a lot […]
SANDY, Utah (AP) — A small electrical fire has forced closure of a middle school in a Salt Lake City suburb. Canyons School District spokesman Jeff Haney says classes at Union Middle School in Sandy were canceled Thursday but are expected to resume Friday. No injuries were reported and Haney […]
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Heavy-lift helicopters are being used to drop water on a wildfire burning in a remote area of the North Rim of the Grand Canyon and an adjacent national forest. Officials say the fire started July 25 by lightning has become more active recently […]
Local fire crews are working to control a fire burning East of Annabella in Sevier County near Heppler’s Pond which started Thursday. Friday update: Firefighters have gained 100 percent containment of the Hepplers fire Friday. 397 acres burned Thursday, according to the Forest Service. Fire crews will continue to check […]
GRANTSVILLE, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a fire destroyed a Tooele County cabin and spread to a nearby mountainside in north-central Utah before being put out. North Tooele Fire Chief Randy Willden said the owner stayed in the cabin over the weekend and that the cause of the fire reported […]
HERRIMAN, Utah (AP) — Authorities in northern Utah say fireworks set off during Pioneer Day hit a police car and started a fire in a nearby field. Lt. Cody Stromberg with Herriman police said a patrolling officer saw a group of people setting off fireworks in a restricted area late […]
LAYTON, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a 20-year-old Utah man who told police he was playing with a lighter and an incense candle in an apartment where gasoline previously had been spilled is accused of starting a fire that destroyed a 24-unit building. Layton police said the fire Monday resulted […]
