Kitchen fire causes major damage to long-standing Tremonton drive-in

A kitchen fire caused extensive damage to long-standing Tremonton restaurant Mack’s Family Drive-In Saturday night, according to Tremonton Fire. At around 9:30 p.m., fire crews responded to the establishment — a family-owned business that’s been around for nearly 50 years — and found “heavy smoke and fire” immediately after entering the building, according to a post on social media. Fire personnel were reportedly able to contain the fire to the restaurant, however there was major damage to the inside of the building. All customers and employees were able to get out of the building safely. The cause of the fire is under investigation at this time. “Special thanks to our law enforcement officers who kept us safe by providing crowd and traffic control,” the post states. Garland Fire crews also responded to this incident.
KTVX-TV ABC 4 Salt Lake City

Two runaway juveniles suspected of causing a barn fire in Riverdale, police say

Two juveniles who escaped a youth rehabilitation center are in police custody after allegedly causing a massive barn fire Friday. According to the Riverdale Police Department, the youth rehabilitation center reported that the two juveniles ran away from its facility on Thursday at approximately 3:07 p.m. Riverdale police said officers searched the area for the two juveniles but could not find them. Authorities listed them as missing juveniles. According to Riverdale police, a driver reported seeing two juveniles running away from the barn towards Interstate 84. Riverdale police said its officers found the two missing juveniles on I-84 shortly after the report of the barn fire, and they were taken into custody. On Friday at approximately 6 a.m., Riverdale police and fire departments responded to the area of 6000 S. Weber Drive on a report of a barn on fire.
KSL-TV NBC 5 Salt Lake City

Vehicle arson suspect taken into custody after SWAT response at Pleasant Grove home

VIDEO/PHOTOS: A man was taken into custody Thursday after a SWAT response in Pleasant Grove that finally ended when law enforcement fired tear gas into a residence where a suspect had barricaded himself. The incident happened overnight, when police said security footage captured the suspect breaking into vehicles before they say he eventually set fire to a truck. Crews responded to the inferno at approximately 5 a.m. Thursday. The charred vehicle was still at the scene at noon. Authorities said the man, later identified as Sklyer Shumway, barricaded himself inside the home and refused to come out, only surrendering once tear gas was deployed. A family member of Shumway told 2News that the suspect is dealing with mental health issues and said he would never set fire to a vehicle or hurt anyone while in his "right mind."
KUTV-TV CBS 2 Salt Lake City

2 skiers dead after avalanche near Lone Peak in Salt Lake County

Two skiers were killed and another rescued following a backcountry avalanche Thursday morning near Lone Peak on the Wasatch Front. Salt Lake County Sheriff Rosie Rivera confirmed shortly before 4 p.m. that the two skiers, whom rescue crews had spent hours searching for in rugged mountain terrain, were dead. Earlier in the afternoon, the sheriff told reporters that a third skier who was airlifted off the mountain dug himself free from the snow and called 911. While he was not physically hurt, his mental state was “not great,” Rivera said. The two dead skiers were also men, aged 23 and 32. So far, no names have been released, but officials said that one was from Utah while the other was from out-of-state. Due to difficult weather in the mountains, the effort to recover their bodies was delayed until Friday morning.
KTVX-TV ABC 4 Salt Lake City