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UPDATE 9/28/2020 11 a.m. The #VeyoPoolFire has been renamed the #VeyoRoadFire. A helicopter mapped the fire at 2,262 acres and firefighters have contained 25% of the fire perimeter. The Veyo Pool has not been impacted by the fire and is still open. PDATE 9/28... Read More ...

Soldiers with the Utah National Guard are on their way to California to help battle the massive wildfires burning in the state.  Sergeant Zach Kesler says Utah's citizen-soldiers are ready for the risks they will face when they use their Black Hawk helicopters to drop water on the fires. ...

According to officials with Utah Fire Info resources are working to suppress flames in Washington County near Utah Hill. Officials are calling the fire the Scrub Fire and say it has burned an estimated 500 acres and is believed to be caused by lightning ...

A wildfire that started on Saturday Afternoon near Minersville Reservoir has now burned approximately 1800 acres. The Greenville Fire was originally reported around 4:50 p.m. Saturday and was at an estimated 300 acres shortly before 7 p ...

The Cougar Fire that started in Beaver County Sunday night is still growing. Officials say the fire has grown from 300-acres on Monday to 476 acres. They suspect it was human caused but haven't pinpointed exactly how.  Crews have contained the blaze by about 45-percent as of yesterday afternoon. ...

A new wildfire is burning near Pine Valley. According to Washington County Fire Warden Adam Heyder, the fire is burning just west of Gardner Peak. It is estimated to be 5 to 10 acres and is human caused.

Southern Utah is being hit with its first wildfire of the month. Fire officials say the new Cougar Fire started yesterday evening in Beaver County, west of Cedar City. They estimate the fire to be around 300-acres wide and no casualties have been reported, but a few non-residential buildings are threatened ...

Great Basin Incident Management Team 6 will hand over management of the Pine Hollow Fire to the local Type 3 team led by Brandon Davis at 6 am Friday, August 7, 2020. Crews report 98% containment of this fire, despite gusty winds during the day on Wednesday ...

Utahns are being warned not to burn outdoors today due to the high risk of wildfires.  The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for most of the state from noon to 9 p.m.  The warning includes most of southern and central Utah as well as northeastern Utah from Logan to Provo.  For ...

Due to extreme fire conditions and fire suppression activity currently in the area of the Pine Hollow Fire the BLM Arizona Strip and Paria River Districts issued official temporary fire closure orders for public lands located approximately 20 miles east of Kanab, Utah ...