An update about the Canal Fire that started on June 28 in Juab county near Leamington has been provided. As of July 2 the fire has burned 70,443 acres and is 20% contained. Firefighters continued to build containment lines July 1 around all sides of the Canal Fire, with crews […]
SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah (AP) — Residents in a community on the shore of Utah Lake were allowed to return home Monday after wildfire prompted the evacuation of about 3,100 homes.City officials said Monday the fire near Saratoga Springs destroyed one home and damaged 12 others Sunday. The blaze had spread […]
SARATOGA SPRINGS, Utah (AP) — Officials in Saratoga Springs, Utah say a wildfire that prompted the evacuation of about 3,100 homes on Sunday destroyed one home outside the city and damaged 12 others. The Knolls Fire started south of the community on the shore of Utah Lake on Sunday. The […]
A wildfire has caused multiple evacuations in Leamington. The fire reportedly started June 28 and according to Jason Curry, PIO for the Forest Service, many homes in Leamington were evacuated. In a post on the Juab County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page they stated that “SR132 west bound from Nephi was […]
LEHI, Utah (AP) — Utah officials say fireworks caused a wildfire that forced out residents of several houses and from an apartment building early Sunday as flames threatened the homes. Utah Fire Info says in a tweet that a suspect was cooperating with law enforcement. News outlets report there were […]
Evacuations have been ordered in Juab County as a wildfire has burned over 250 acres. Crews battling the fire said that a shift in the wind was the key factor in saving several homes in the area where the fire started. The Rocky Ridge Fire was reported just after 3:00 […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Prosecutors have canceled a jury trial scheduled for a man accused of starting one of the largest wildfires in Utah history. The Daily Herald reported the state dismissed a misdemeanor charge of burning during a closed fire season against 63-year-old Robert Ray Lyman. A misdemeanor reckless […]
PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — Increasingly intense wildfires that have scorched forests from California to Australia are stoking worry about long-term health impacts from smoke exposure in affected cities and towns. In the Sierra Nevada foothills town of Paradise, California, where a fire in 2018 killed 85 people and destroyed 14,000 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah firefighters are among the U.S. federal and state personnel who have traveled to Australia to help stop brush fires that have prompted a national emergency. The Deseret News reported Tuesday that five federal agencies and 10 states including Utah have sent 21 firefighters to […]
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 […]
