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Salt Lake City wildfire prompts mandatory evacuations
https://www.voanews.com/a/salt-lake-city-wildfire-prompts-mandatory-evacuations-as-more-than-100-firefighters-fight-blaze-/7706695.htmlSalt Lake City wildfire prompts mandatory evacuations
July 21, 2024 8:59 AM
By Associated Press
FILE - Fire and smoke rise from the Silver King Fire in Marysvale, Piute County, Utah, U.S., July 6, 2024 in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. (Trevor Urry/via Reuters)
Salt Lake City officials have ordered residents to evacuate some areas ahead of a wildfire as more than 100 firefighters work to contain the blaze.
Helicopters and airplanes were dropping buckets over the flames Saturday as ground crews tried to contain the fire on Ensign Peak.
The first fire crew was dispatched around 4:30 p.m. local time and more than six different emergency agencies have joined the effort to stop the brush fire, Division Chief Bob Silverthorne of the Salt Lake City Fire Department said at a news briefing.
The fire department ordered a mandatory evacuation for an area of 40 homes on Sandhurst Drive, north of Dorchester Drive, and the police department was going to individual homes to notify residents. Other areas were evacuating voluntarily, Silverthorne said.
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July 21, 2024 8:59 AM
By Associated Press
FILE - Fire and smoke rise from the Silver King Fire in Marysvale, Piute County, Utah, U.S., July 6, 2024 in this screen grab obtained from a social media video. (Trevor Urry/via Reuters)
Salt Lake City officials have ordered residents to evacuate some areas ahead of a wildfire as more than 100 firefighters work to contain the blaze.
Helicopters and airplanes were dropping buckets over the flames Saturday as ground crews tried to contain the fire on Ensign Peak.
The first fire crew was dispatched around 4:30 p.m. local time and more than six different emergency agencies have joined the effort to stop the brush fire, Division Chief Bob Silverthorne of the Salt Lake City Fire Department said at a news briefing.
The fire department ordered a mandatory evacuation for an area of 40 homes on Sandhurst Drive, north of Dorchester Drive, and the police department was going to individual homes to notify residents. Other areas were evacuating voluntarily, Silverthorne said.
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