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 […]
A lightning strike caused a fire to break out just east of Beaver. The Skull Flat 2 Fire started on the second of October just seven miles east of Beaver. Lightning was stated to be the cause of the fire. The fire is burning in mixed conifer, aspen and mahogany. […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — A judge has denied a defense push to dismiss charges against a Utah man accused of starting a massive 2017 wildfire near Brian Head. The Daily Herald reports Judge James Brady on Monday set the trial to begin Dec. 17 for 63-year-old defendant Robert Lyman. Lyman […]
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 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Layton couple has been cited after authorities say they left a still-lit campfire that caused a wildfire, destroying three homes and forcing hundreds to evacuate in northern Utah. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Monday that Jeremy Flores and Ashlyn Nelson each […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A northern Utah wildfire response team has begun preparing for potential post-fire erosion and flooding in the region, officials said. The Davis County fire was 68% contained after a day of rain Tuesday, the U.S. Forest Service said. The response team visited the region Wednesday […]
