Utah in 2020: With COVID, ... In late June, the Knolls Fire triggered what is believed to be Utah’s largest fire evacuation as some 13,000 Saratoga Springs residents from 3,100 homes had to flee.

The East Fork fire burned 90,000 acres on the Uinta Mountains' south slope last year, making it Utah's largest fire of 2020. But the lightning-sparked fire may have helped improved forest health ...

SALT LAKE CITY — There were more human-caused wildfires started in Utah during the year than any other fire season on record. In fact, the 2020 fire season was the most active — in terms of ...

Consequences of all this elevated 2020 fire activity in Utah included more than 328,000 acres burned, six homes lost and more than 166,000 hours worked by firefighters with the state wildfire ...

She said back in September that Utah surpassed the previous record, set in 2015, for the number of human-caused fires. "We are well over 1,000 human-caused fires this year," said Webb. "That is a ...

— Utah Fire Info (@UtahWildfire) June 28, 2020. About 30 homes were already evacuated and evacuation orders are expanding, Utah Fire Info said.

Utah authorities say fireworks set off a wildfire that forced residents out of their homes and downed power lines early Sunday. The quick-moving fire broke out around 11:30 p.m. Saturday and ignite… ...

— Utah Fire Info (@UtahWildfire) June 28, 2020. About 30 homes were already evacuated and evacuation orders are expanding, Utah Fire Info said.