To the north, about 415 firefighters were working in extreme hot and dry conditions to prevent the fire from crossing State Route 447, near Squaw Creek Reservoir.
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“We just now learned there were some homes and outbuildings lost in this fire”. The evacuation notice was upgraded to a Level 3, which indicated people in the area were in immediate danger and needed to evacuate their homes as soon as possible, about 4:25 p.m. for all homes in the Road 10 and Road H Northeast area.
The Grant County Fairgrounds was used as a shelter for livestock evacuated from the area of the fire, according to sheriff’s office spokesperson Sharon Palmerton.
Residents have been allowed to return to their residences after a wildfire prompted the evacuation of about two dozen homes in central Washington.
Firefighters are setting up sprinkler systems to protect buildings in the central Idaho town of Lowman as a wildfire on Wednesday expanded to 75-square-miles.
A level 2 evacuation is also in place for Road 10 NE east of State Route 17. By Wednesday, it had grown by more than 9 square miles.
Authorities said the fire had moved more than two miles in heavy sage and grass, but there was no estimate yet on how much land had burned.
Dave Ulibarri with Salt Lake County’s Unified Fire Authority said the blaze started early Wednesday on a mountainside above the city of Draper and spread quickly through dry grass and brush. So far there are no reports of homes being lost.
Evacuation orders remain in place as crews fight the blaze in temperatures that could reach the low 90s.
Almost 1,500 firefighters are battling the blaze burning timber in rugged terrain and that grew by more than 9 square miles.
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By Wednesday morning, authorities say crews had gained some containment of the fire. No one has been injured.
