VIDEO: Several homes along Ridgeline Road near Stockton were threatened by the South Rim Fire.
Dave Vickers, a fire management officer with the Utah Department of Natural Resources says the fire started around 4:00 p.m. and burned 351 acres.
Approximately 50 firefighters, along with two helicopters and six single-engine air tankers helped get a handle on the flames quickly.
Investigators are blaming birds for starting the fire.
“Probable cause was birds in a power line shorting out the system,” Vickers said. “That has happened before.”
Favorable winds pushed the flames up the hillside, away from structures.
“If the winds were going a different direction, very easily we could have lost homes,” Vickers said. “Fast-moving fire, it's hard to get ahead of it when it’s moving as fast as it did.”