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Heat, more wind forecast as crews tackle wildfire that killed 3 in western US
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 02 - 07 - 2007


A wildfire that has scorched more than
47 square miles (30,080 acres) in northeastern Utah and
killed three people has prompted the evacuation of hundreds
of people from nearby towns and forced authorities to close
a national forest to the public, according to AP.
The fire started Friday morning north of Neola, about 100
miles (160 kilometers) east of Salt Lake City, and on
Monday morning crews had it about 5 percent contained. The
cause had not been determined.
The fire began spreading into the Ashley National Forest
Sunday afternoon, prompting federal authorities to close it
to public use.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said about 300
people are under a mandatory evacuation. Another 150 homes
could be threatened by Tuesday, said Derek Jensen, a FEMA
spokesman.
A U.S. Forest Service command team that travels the
country fighting the largest fires joined local crews
Sunday and took over direction of the firefighting efforts.
Eleven-year-old Duane Houston escaped the fire but his
father, 43-year-old Tracy Houston, and his grandfather,
63-year-old George Houston, were killed by the flames
Friday as they worked in a hay field, authorities said. The
owner of the field, 75-year-old Roger Roberson, died at a
hospital, officials said Saturday.
In Montana, residents of 40 to 50 summer homes just
outside Yellowstone National Park were allowed to return
home Sunday night as firefighters had a 6-square mile
(3,840-acre) blaze about 60 percent contained. It began on
Wednesday.
Meanwhile in California, the state faced its first heat
wave of the summer, increasing the fire danger in an
already parched region.
The wildfire that destroyed at least 254 homes south of
Lake Tahoe was 100 percent contained Monday morning, fire
officials said. A U.S. Forest Service investigation
identified the cause of the fire that has displaced about
3,500 people as an illegal campfire.
Authorities were gaining ground on a 482-acre
(195-hectare) fire in the Los Padres National Forest
northwest of Santa Barbara, which started Saturday and was
60 percent contained early Monday, according to a U.S.
Forest Service fire information line.
The blaze had closed some campgrounds, but no residents
had been ordered to leave.
A pair of wildfires also burned near the town of Julian
about 60 miles (97 kilometers) east of San Diego. The
larger of the two had consumed 110 acres (44.5 hectares)
and was 20 percent contained by Sunday night, authorities
said. The other blaze to the west blackened about 60 acres
(24.3 hectares).


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