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Containment grew on five fires in Utah and Arizona, and St. George residents are expected to get relief from smoke that had drifted over the area.
Firefighters in Utah worked to contain the Legacy Fire burning near Farmington, with officials reporting on Friday, September 10, that the blaze covered 300 acres of land.Lightning ignited the ...
The Lila Canyon Mine fire burning in East Carbon, Utah in September 2022. (KSL) When the fire began, the company sealed several access points and vents to limit oxygen getting into the mine.
In late July, a brush fire in Chelan County, the Colockum Fire, burned at least 3,337 acres (1,350 ha) and caused homes to be evacuated. [28] A fire on the Colville Reservation near Nespelem called the Greenhouse Fire burned at least 5,146 acres (2,083 ha) and caused the evacuation of the Colville Tribal Corrections Facility and other structures.
The Milford Flat Fire is the largest wildfire in Utah history. It was started by lightning on Friday, July 6, 2007 at 3:45 pm near Milford, Utah. The fire burned 363,052 acres (567 square miles) and caused large stretches of I-15 to be temporarily closed. Many veteran firefighters had stated this was the fastest-moving fire they had ever seen.
Forest fire in the New Jersey Pine Barrens caused by a flare from an F-16 jet. Destroyed 4 homes, damaged 53 homes, injured 2. [49] 2007: 363,052 acres (146,922 ha) Milford Flat Fire: Utah: Largest fire on record in Utah. 2007: 653,100 acres (264,300 ha) Murphy Complex Fire: Idaho and Nevada: 2007: 240,207 acres (97,208 ha) Zaca Fire ...
Overall, Utah has had 585 fires burning over 40,000 acres so far this wildfire season, and 421 of them have been human-caused, the website says. Show comments Advertisement
In August 2020 smoke drifted in from California fires which caused PM 2.5 levels to exceed 90 mg m −3 in Cache County, Utah, over 2.5 as high as the federal threshold level of 35 mg m −3. [30] Researchers were concerned the poor air quality would worsen symptoms from COVID-19 .