(Kanab, UT) — Firefighters are struggling to gain control of a growing wildfire in southern Utah. The Left Fork Fire has grown to over 46-hundred acres while containment remains at five-percent. The fire began as a prescribed burn in April and has flared up twice since then. No injuries have […]
(Alton, UT) — Kane County authorities are letting people who live in a mountain community go back home with escorts to get belongings out of their homes. There are about 100 cabins in the evacuation zone in Alton that were evacuated on Tuesday as a result of the Left Fork […]
(Kanab, UT) — The Kane County Sheriff’s Office is recommending the evacuation of homes and cabins in the area of the Left Fork Fire. The Sheriff’s Office said yesterday that residents of the Bryce Woodlands Estates area near Kanab should leave after the wildfire escaped fire lines on the southwest […]
(Juab County, UT) — Juab County officials are blaming dragging vehicle chains for sparking a wildfire. The Dutson Gire burned brush along I-15 near mile marker 233 Tuesday. Firefighters contained the fire after it burned roughly 30 acres. Authorities are reminding truckers and other drivers to secure chains on their […]
(Millard County, UT) — Wildfire crews are working to put out a small fire burning near Scipio. The Long Canyon Fire started Sunday night after lightning sparked timber and grass. Incident managers have not said how big the fire is, and so far haven’t reported any damage to homes or […]
LITTLEFIELD, Ariz. (AP) — A 9-mile (14.5-kilometer) stretch of Interstate 15 across the corner of northwestern Arizona reopened to traffic Tuesday after a 5 1/2-hour overnight closure due to a brush fire. The closure occurred Monday night north of Mesquite, Nevada, and south of St. George, Utah. The Arizona Department […]
Around 5:00 p.m. on July 7, authorities responded to a new wildfire burning in Sevier County. The Willow Creek Fire is burning a few miles south of Mayfield. With the quick response of air & ground resources, the Willow Creek Fire was held to 48 acres. Federal & state crews, along […]
On July 2, a new wildfire started burning in Millard county. The Monk Springs fire is believed to have been started by a lightning strike and is burning about six miles Southeast of Kanosh. As of July 5, the fire has burned 170 acres and is 70 percent contained. There […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A family member has identified the victims of a plane crash in Utah last week as a Montana woman and her 6-year-old granddaughter. Alexandria Seigel of Havre tells KSTU-TV in Salt Lake City that her mother, Virginia Siegel, and her daughter, Elise Lawrence, were in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A small plane crash that killed two people has also sparked a wildfire west of Salt Lake City. State fire officials say the fire south of Grantsville had torched less than one square mile as of Sunday morning. The crash happened Thursday night, when a […]
