Utah: A rash of lightning-sparked wildfires has crews mobilizing
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Utah: A rash of lightning-sparked wildfires has crews mobilizing
By bob mims
The Salt Lake Tribune
A rash of lightning-sparked southern Utah wildfires had crews mobilizing Saturday while water- and fire retardant bearing helicopters and tanker planes assaulted the flames.
Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and Utah State Forestry officials were scrambling to pin down exactly how many new blazes faced them in the rugged Arizona Strip region.
“We have at least five fires we know of, several of them in excess of 100 acres and growing,” said Kenton Call, spokesman for Color County Interagency Fire Center.
The blazes, ignited by lightning strikes that accompanied thunderstorms late Friday, were burning in the 87,900-acre Paiute Wilderness, southwest of St. George, and nearby stretches of remote high desert along the southwestern Utah and northern Arizona border. Two of the blazes were in the vicinity of the tiny town of Veyo, but no evacuations were ordered; another was spotted burning in a Washington County section of the Dixie National Forest.
“Right now we’re depending largely on aviation resources, but we expect to bring in some crews later throughout the day,” Call said Saturday morning.
“The big challenge for us will be potential complications from the weather,” he added. “More thunderstorms are expected this weekend. If they brings moisture with the lighting, that could be good. If not, we could have another challenging day on Sunday.”
Call said no structures had been burned and no injuries reported.
Utah: A rash of lightning-sparked wildfires has crews mobilizing
By bob mims
The Salt Lake Tribune
A rash of lightning-sparked southern Utah wildfires had crews mobilizing Saturday while water- and fire retardant bearing helicopters and tanker planes assaulted the flames.
Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management and Utah State Forestry officials were scrambling to pin down exactly how many new blazes faced them in the rugged Arizona Strip region.
“We have at least five fires we know of, several of them in excess of 100 acres and growing,” said Kenton Call, spokesman for Color County Interagency Fire Center.
The blazes, ignited by lightning strikes that accompanied thunderstorms late Friday, were burning in the 87,900-acre Paiute Wilderness, southwest of St. George, and nearby stretches of remote high desert along the southwestern Utah and northern Arizona border. Two of the blazes were in the vicinity of the tiny town of Veyo, but no evacuations were ordered; another was spotted burning in a Washington County section of the Dixie National Forest.
“Right now we’re depending largely on aviation resources, but we expect to bring in some crews later throughout the day,” Call said Saturday morning.
“The big challenge for us will be potential complications from the weather,” he added. “More thunderstorms are expected this weekend. If they brings moisture with the lighting, that could be good. If not, we could have another challenging day on Sunday.”
Call said no structures had been burned and no injuries reported.
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