Late last month, Anitra Cornish could see smoke coming from over the hill by her home in Eureka, Utah. Once she started seeing flames from the raging Iron Fire, she told her 86-year-old aunt that it was time to pack up and leave. They returned home after five days, only to be evacuated again about 24 hours later. She described it as a frustrating and stressful week.

A finales del mes pasado, Anitra Cornish podía ver humo que salía de detrás de la colina junto a su casa en Eureka, Utah. Una vez que empezó a ver las llamas del voraz incendio Iron Fire, le dijo a su tía de 86 años que era hora de empacar e irse. Regresaron a casa cinco días después, solo para ser evacuadas de nuevo apenas 24 horas más tarde. Lo describió como una semana frustrante y estresante. “Casi perdimos nuestra casa la primera vez”, comentó Cornish. “Y la se

Anitra Cornish could see smoke coming from over the hill by her home in Eureka, Utah. After evcuating, they returned home after five days, only to be evacuated again about 24 hours later.

(Eureka, UT) — Firefighters battling the Iron Fire near Eureka are being warned they may have been exposed to heavy metals. State and federal agencies say the wildfire burned through historic mining areas that may contain lead, mercury, arsenic and other contaminants. Officials stress there is no confirmation that anyone […] Read More The post Firefighters Warned Of Possible Heavy Metal Exposure first appeared on Mid-Utah Radio.

Firefighters and other staff battling the Iron Fire in Juab County received notice that they may have been exposed to lead and other harmful substances while fighting the flames Wednesday evening.

The scene near the Iron Fire in Juab County is apocalyptic, with one ranch owner in Eureka sharing that what used to be his animals' safe space is now their graveyard. 

A new wildfire is burning in Juab County. In post to the Juab County Sheriff’s Office Facebook page it was shared the fire “sparked up in the Southwest side of SR-36. Due to the fire, power has been shut off in the area, affecting Eureka and Tintic Junction.” SR-36 has […] Read More The post Wildfire Prompts Power Shutoffs In Juab County first appeared on Mid-Utah Radio.

Evacuees from the town of Eureka in Juab County are facing a tough reality: the uncertainty of not knowing when they'll be able to get back into their homes, and some also hoping their four-legged friends will be waiting for them when they come back. “First in the morning we just see the smoke, you know, and it's over behind the mountains from Eureka, and then getting close to the evening, the flames [were]up on that big beacon hill, and I was getting kind of worried then,” said Dennis Wahl

(EUREKA, Utah) — Mandatory evacuations are underway for hundreds of people on Sunday in a central Utah town being threatened by a wind-driven, out-of-control wildfire, officials said. The Iron Fire […]

Extreme heat and dry, windy conditions fueled several wildfires in the West on Sunday, including an uncontained blaze in Utah that forced the evacuation of a small town southwest of Salt Lake City. The Iron Fire in Utah's Juab County was first detected Saturday and had blackened 34 square miles (87 square kilometers), authorities said. The fire about 70 miles (113 kilometers) southwest of...