New Utah
wildfires sparked as lightning strikes
Containment is near for bigger wildfires elsewhere in state.
By Bob Mims The Salt Lake Tribune
First Published Jul 12 2012 07:29 am • Updated 3 hours ago
Containment is near for bigger wildfires elsewhere in state.
New
wildfires were keeping crews busy across Utah, but firefighters were near
containment on several other blazes.
A wildfire in Iron County
sparked by lightning tore through 17,000 acres Thursday. Called theBaboon Fire, the blaze
was moving quickly west early Thursday evening, causing the evacuation of
Circle Four Farms, a large pig farm. That evacuation was lifted by 9 p.m., but
State Road 130 near Minersville remained closed.
Wildfire spreading, perils 150 homes at
Foresthill
By Max Ehrenfreund,
Cathy Locke and Bill Lindelof
mehrenfreund@sacbee.com
mehrenfreund@sacbee.com
Published: Friday, Jul.
13, 2012 - 12:00 am | Page 3B
High temperatures, low humidity and wind
thwarted efforts to contain a fire near Foresthill, which grew to at least 800
acres Thursday, one of the largest wildfires in the Sacramento region this
season.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2012/07/13/4628335/wildfire-spreading-perils-150.html#storylink=cpy
Community
of Frenchglen now on wildfire evacuation alert
Published: Thursday, July
12, 2012, 5:09 PM Updated: Thursday, July 12, 2012,
5:21 PM
Ranchers near Frenchglen
in Harney County scrambled to move livestock on Thursday as a new evacuation
warning went into effect against a fast-moving wildfire that has spread to more
than 60,000 acres.
Lightning
sparks multiple fires
More than 25,000 acres
burned by new blazes
ST. GEORGE — Lightning sparked
dozens of fires Wednesday and Thursday in Southern Utah and the Arizona Strip,
threatening farms and communities, stretching the region’s firefighting
resources and covering much of the area in smoke.
In the Arizona Strip, crews were fighting 13 lightning-caused
fires as of late Thursday night, including the 18,000-acre Hobble Complex Fire,
about 35 miles south of St. George, which fire managers said sent clouds of
smoke into the city late Thursday. They were also battling the 4,500-acre
Plateau Fire, about 65 miles south of St. George, and a number of other fires
of various sizes,
Alberta
fire blankets Saskatchewan in smoke
By Charles Hamilton, The
StarPhoenix; With Files From Postmedia News July 13, 2012 4:04 AM
People in Saskatoon woke
up Thursday morning to smoky skies thanks to a massive wildfire in Alberta.
The forest fire in the
northwestern part of that province has already burned approximately 1,000
square kilometres of timber and bush. Smoke from the fire blew into
Saskatchewan and blanketed much of the Prairie sky.
FIRE DANGER RATING INCREASES IN SPOKANE,
FERRY, AND PORTIONS OF LINCOLN AND STEVENS COUNTIES
07/13/2012
OLYMPIA, Wash., July 12 -- The Washington state Department of
Natural Resources issued the following news release:
The Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced
today the following changes in the fire danger rating and burn restrictions on
DNR-protected lands.
Report:
Arcing Power Lines Caused Utah Wildfire
By PAUL FOY and BRIAN SKOLOFF | July 13, 2012
A
Utah wildfire that destroyed 160 structures, 52 homes and left one man dead was
caused by arcing between power transmission lines that were built too closely
together and sent a surge to the ground that ignited dry grass, a fire
investigator said Wednesday.
The
central Utah Wood Hollow Fire began June 23 and wasn’t fully contained for 10
days, costing nearly $4 million to fight, according to state officials. Officials
said 160 structures total were destroyed. The 75-square-mile blaze began when
winds caused two sets of high-voltage power lines to either touch or swing
close enough to each other to create a surge than swept down the poles into dry
brush, said Deputy Utah Fire Marshal Troy Mills.
Rocky
Mountain Power, which owns the lines, said a thief stripped protective cooper
wire from its poles that may have prevented the surge.
Luke Fuller, with Salmon
Track Rural Fire District, watches an air tanker drop retardant on a wildfire
north of Jackpot, Nev., on Tuesday, July 10, 2012. Photo: The Times-News,
Ashley Smith / AP
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