ABC4 fire tracker: Crews continue to battle wildfires across Utah

Published: Jul 29, 2024 Duration: 00:01:44 Category: News & Politics

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Reporting in cap Cannon Seachrist ABC, 4 news. >> In your fire track of this evening, air and ground crews are working right now to contain a new fire that sparked on the Wasatch back in Summit County. It's called the Murdoch Hollow Fire is burning about 20 acres right now. Summit County says of forward progress on that fire has stopped good news and the fire is at 5% containment tonight, one lane of Highway 2.48, westbound is closed. No buildings threatened by the flames and crews are making significant progress. Now on the Silver King Fire in Piute County. That is the largest fire of the season so far. This one sparked at the beginning of the month. If you recall, firefighters say more than 18,000 acres have burned. The fire is about 90% contained this evening at about 10 miles north of the Silver King Fire is the dry wash fire in Sevier County. Right now. Firefighters say it's burned through 220 acres. Firefighters believe it is human caused and it is not yet contained. >> And we're keeping tabs on the fire over in Kane County, right on the edge of grand skip their case, Escalante, National Monument. We're talking here about the Dr Springs Fire. The BLM says the flames have spread more than 11,000 acres but is close to full containment at 95%. And finally, we have the little Twist Fire in County burning on the southern end over of Utah. It sparked about a month ago. If you remember, it's burned more than 5300 acres. The Forest Service tells us its about 85% contained at this point. We're going to keep tabs on all fires across the state again, we're in the middle of wildfire season here. Make sure

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