‘Definitely human caused’: Brush fire flares up in St. George

VIDEO/PHOTOS: Firefighters and first responders worked quickly to suppress a brush fire at Brooks Nature Park that for a brief period Wednesday night threatened an adjacent home. St. George Fire Department Chief Robert Stoker said in a briefing to the press around 9:30 p.m. that the alarm sounded just after 8 p.m. “We received a call for a brush fire here on the top of Main Street, about 400 North and Main,” Stoker said, adding that the fire burned below the water tower in the area of Brooks Nature Park. “The reporting person said they saw some smoke, a small fire and some juveniles running from the scene,” Stoker said. It was a quick-thinking 12-year-old who called 911 when he heard screams and saw flames in the nature park.
St. George News

Man killed in industrial accident with concrete slab in Bluffdale

VIDEO: A man has been killed in an industrial accident in Bluffdale when cement slabs fell on him. Bluffdale Fire Chief Matt Evans said the apparent accident is under investigation after an emergency call at approximately 12:45 p.m. Thursday. “Upon arrival, we were informed that some big cement slabs had fallen on a victim … we had determined that he was … deceased,” Evans said. KSL News Radio’s Eric Cabrera spoke with Evans and said there are distraught families gathered at the scene of the accident at Olympus Precast, which manufactures concrete products. It has an indoor manufacturing facility and an outdoor storage yard for its product in an industrial section of Bluffdale, where emergency crews responded. The man’s age and identity have not been made public, and it is not known how the slabs fell.
KSL-TV NBC 5 Salt Lake City

Update: New details shed light on what led to Holladay home explosion

VIDEO: It's been an interesting couple of days for a Holladay neighborhood. On Tuesday, resident Robert Eliasoff and many others were told to evacuate after old dynamite was found at a home near 6200 South and 2300 East. "An officer approached my door and told me I needed to evacuate and I asked him, 'How much time do I have?' and he said, 'Just get what you can and let's go'," Eliasoff recalled. Unified Fire Authority says an elderly woman whose husband had died came across the explosive materials. According to officials, the dynamite had been passed down from generation to generation before the current homeowner found it. "She knew it was dangerous, she didn't know the extent, but knew she needed help taking care of it," said Unified Fire Authority Assistant Chief Riley Pilgrim.
KSTU-TV FOX 13 Salt Lake City

Dog killed in Ogden house fire, 12 displaced

A house fire in Ogden has left one family pet dead and 12 people displaced early Wednesday morning, April 24, according to the Ogden Fire Department. Ogden Fire Deputy Chief Mike Slater said his team arrived at a one-story house near the 500 block of Monroe Boulevard just before 3 a.m. on Wednesday. They reported “heavy smoke and flames” on the outside and extending into the home. “The structure was quickly searched and evacuated; firefighters had water on the fire within minutes,” said Slater. The fire reportedly threatened another home nearby, however, firefighters from Ogden Fire and North View Fire were able to contain the flames to the original structure. Twelve people were displaced by the fire and are staying with family members, according to Deputy Chief Slater.
KTVX-TV ABC 4 Salt Lake City

Training and inspiring the next generation of Salt Lake City firefighters

VIDEO: A lot of training is required for firefighters, who have to be able to handle high-stress situations at any time of the day. On Tuesday, KSL TV spoke with members of the Salt Lake City Fire Department as they participated in a day of training of putting out fires and inspiring the next generation. As the calendar transitions from spring to summer, there is a lot of brush and grass that is green. As the days of summer approach, however, that could change. Thankfully, there are firefighters like Adaline Miner ready to tackle any challenge. “Rope rescue training or tower rescue or trench or confined spaces,” Miner said. However, that kind of training is not for everyone. For Miner, though, these are the kinds of challenges she loves. “Pumped. Even the worst call is a good call when we’re all working together,” she said.
KSL-TV NBC 5 Salt Lake City

Incident labeled ’structure emergency’ on UDOT site was actually ’small fire’ under bridge in Salt Lake City

The Utah Department of Transportation on Tuesday morning responded to "structure emergency" on the shoulder of a bridge in Salt Lake City, according to UDOT's traffic site. The incident was reported at approximately 8:30 a.m. at mile post 20 on northbound I-215 West, near the California Avenue exit. Crews could be seen on the department's traffic cameras working along the bridge's right side, and multiple vehicles were parked along the bridge's shoulder, including what appeared to be UHP vehicles. The bridge was not closed, and traffic continued to cross throughout the work. UDOT stated that the crew of a train passing under the bridge had reported a small fire beneath the highway, prompting crews to investigate.
KJZZ-TV CBS 14 Salt Lake City