SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Eastern Utah animal shelters have taken in 101 dogs that were found abandoned in a Duchesne County home during fire evacuations. The Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office says local residents found the dogs while they were helping remove pets left behind in homes during evacuations earlier […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man charged with accidentally starting a wildfire near Brian Head has asked a judge to move his case outside Iron County. The Deseret News reports Robert Ray Lyman’s attorney, Andrew Deiss, wrote in a motion filed last week that the blaze affected so many people […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Wildlife officials worried that sediment spewed from a southern Utah wildfire could poison and destroy a native fishery have rescued and relocated 400 local fish to a hatchery, in a glimpse of the sweeping impact wildfires have on the state. Damage done by the fire […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — At least 74 homes have been destroyed and six more damaged in a Utah wildfire that forced more than 1,000 people from their homes. The Duchesne County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday the fire in a mountain area near a popular fishing reservoir also damaged or […]
DUCHESNE, Utah (AP) — Wet weekend weather has helped crews fighting a Utah wildfire that torched dozens of buildings and forced more than 1,000 people from their homes. Authorities said Monday the fire in a mountain area near a popular fishing reservoir grew to about 78 square miles (201 square […]
Firefighters in Utah spent the Fourth of July trying to gain control over a wildfire near a popular fishing reservoir that burned about 30 structures and forced hundreds of cabins and homes to be evacuated. High wind gusts and extremely dry conditions have fueled the flames near Strawberry Reservoir, growing […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities have evacuated 200 to 300 Utah homes because of a growing wildfire near a popular fishing reservoir. Jason Curry of the Utah Division of Forest, Fire and State Lands says high winds helped grow the fire to about 47 square miles (122 square kilometers) […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A wildfire burning in hot and dry conditions in Utah has forced the evacuations of a handful of seasonal cabins near a popular fishing reservoir. Jason Curry of the Utah Division of Forest, Fire and State Lands said Monday that the fire is about 10 […]
UPDATE: Power has been restored according to a spokesperson from Garkane Energy. Crews are assessing the damage to see if any poles were damaged by the blaze. Power was restored around 1 a.m. Saturday morning — The Willow Patch Fire is causing a power outage throughout Wayne County. Garkane Energy […]
UPDATE: The Forest Service reports the Willow Patch Fire at 4,711 Monday morning with 50 percent containment. The power in Wayne County has patchy because of smoke in the area causing outages. With the smoke interacting with an active transmission line, the crews working in the area can be in […]
