UPDATE: According to the Forest Service, crews now have 43 percent containment on the blaze. The total acres is still at 2,586 Wednesday morning. — Crews are continuing to battle the Cove Fort Fire in Millard, Beaver and Sevier Counties. The fire has burned 2,586 acres by Tuesday morning with […]
COVE FORT, Utah (AP) — An 11-day-old wildfire shifted direction Saturday, forcing closure of a 23-mile (37-kilometer) stretch of Interstate 70 near its junction with Interstate 15 in southern Utah. Officials said the closure of I-70 in both directions was due to safety concerns for both firefighters and the public. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say three firefighters have been injured after a fast-moving grass fire burned nearly 100 acres near Salt Lake City’s Ensign Peak. City fire officials say they had to evacuate 40 houses as a precaution Tuesday before the fire was knocked down. They say two […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — This year is projected to be among Utah’s worst in terms of land burned. The Deseret News reports estimates provided by the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands show wildfires have burned more than 180 square miles (466 square kilometers) so far in 2018. Estimates […]
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 […]
