(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 […]
(Kanosh, UT) — The Widemouth 2 Fire is nearly 130-thousand acres in size and is now 80-percent contained. Cooler weather is helping firefighters, but the rain is also causing flooding and mudslides. Kanosh town council member Josh Whitaker tells FOX-13 that they’re cutting down trees and clearing debris as they […]
(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 […]
(Kanosh, UT) — The Widemouth Two Fire is now more than 129-thousand acres and 50-percent contained in central Utah. Evacuation orders remain in place for some areas of Millard and Sevier counties. Fire crews are also facing a new concern from monsoonal moisture, which could bring thunderstorms, gusty winds and […]
(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 […]
(Kanosh, UT) — The Widemouth 2 Fire is now over 125-thousand acres and is 36-percent contained. Better weather conditions are giving firefighters some help today. But some evacuation orders remain for parts of Millard and Sevier counties. In addition to the fire danger, there’s now a risk posed by monsoonal […]
(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 […]
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 […]
(Kanosh, UT) — Nearly half-a-million acres of land have burned in Utah so far this year. That number includes the 106-thousand acres that have burned as the Widemouth Two Fire continues to grow in Millard County. It’s now 19-percent contained and is larger than the Cottonwood Fire that burned to […]
(Fillmore, UT) — As the Widemouth Two Fire continues to grow, the state of Utah is setting a new record. The University of Utah School of Environment, Society and Sustainability says 2026 has seen a record amount of woodland and forested land destroyed. Other years have seen more acres burned, […]
