Timely rainstorm helps crews get upper hand on fire near Deer Creek Reservoir

  • Source: KSTU-TV Fox 13 Now Salt Lake City
  • Published: 07/11/2018 09:06 PM

VIDEO: A wildfire on the banks of Deer Creek Reservoir was doused by a sudden burst of rain Wednesday afternoon. “This fire grew really quickly,” Jason Curry with the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands said. The fire was reported around noon and by 3:30 p.m. it had grown to 250 acres with just 5 percent containment. Air resources were diverted from the Dollar Ridge Fire to help ground crews slow the blaze down. “We have three helicopters, the super scoopers dipping out of Deer Creek Reservoir and dumping on the fire as well as a very large air tanker, the DC10,” said Curry. For boaters on the reservoir, it meant the end of their day.



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