Utah
Human-ignited Boulter Fire blazes through 2,300 acres in 24 hours
VERNON, Tooele County — A fire that ignited Saturday, the Boulter Fire, was confirmed to have grown to 2,300 acres in approximately 24 hours according to Utah Fire Info. The fire was still zero percent contained Sunday afternoon.
The fire burned near the border of Tooele and Juab counties along state Route 36 Saturday afternoon, and was first reported as 200 acres. The acre number as of Saturday evening was 3,000, and according to Brian Trick with Utah Fire Info, crews were able to extinguish 700 acres overnight.
The fire was confirmed to be human-caused, although authorities did not give further specifics.
The #boulterfire was mapped this morning at 2300 acres. SR-36 is open in both directions. Roughly 100 fire personnel will work today to secure sections of the fireline. Containment remains at zero percent.
— Utah Fire Info (@UtahWildfire) August 25, 2024
SR-36 was closed Saturday afternoon from milepost three to 11, but Utah Fire Info said the road was open in both directions Sunday. Approximately 89 firefighters were working to secure sections of the fire’s border with 18 engines, 6 water tenders, a dozer and a type three helicopter.
Trick said the forecast Sunday was much more favorable than it was Saturday. According to him, the fire made it up to a line of juniper trees, which can fuel fires further, so crews were specifically making sure that line of the fire was being taken care of Sunday.
Portions of Vernon, Eureka and small residences in between were evacuated Saturday. Utah Fire Info said the evacuations were lifted as of 1 p.m. Sunday.
Editor’s note: This article was updated to reflect new info and corrections Utah Fire Info made on the number of personnel at the scene.
Contributing: Brianna Chavez, KSL TV
KANOSH, Utah — The United States Geological Survey recorded multiple earthquakes near Kanosh Sunday morning, each of them having an average magnitude of 3.0.
The first earthquake, magnitude 3.0, was detected just after 12:30 a.m., with the epicenter located half a mile south of Kanarraville.
The second quake, magnitude 3.2, was detected around 5:45 a.m., with the epicenter nearly five miles south-southwest of Kanosh. This was followed by two more quakes in the same area, a magnitude 2.5 quake coming in around 6:35 a.m., followed by a third around 7:45 a.m, which measured at magnitude 3.3.
This has since been followed by another quake, measuring at magnitude 3.7, being detected around 8:45 a.m. The geographic location in the USGS report places the epicenter approximately over two miles south of the Dry Wash Trail, about six miles south-southwest of Kanosh.
FOX 13 News previously spoke with researchers at University of Utah, who said that earthquake swarms are relatively common. A study published in 2023 posits that swarms may be triggered by geothermal activity. The findings came after a series of seismic swarms were detected in central Utah, within the vicinity of three geothermal power plants.
The study also says that the swarms fall into a different category than aftershocks that typically follow large quakes, such as the magnitude 5.7 earthquake that hit the Wasatch Fault back in 2020.
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