The Parleys Canyon fire, dubbed the Little Dell fire, is not threatening any communities as of Monday morning, officials said. As of 11 a.m. it was 60% contained, and it was burning with a low rate of spread.
After a windy weekend filled with several area wildfire sparks, Utah firefighters early Monday began battling a new wildfire in Parleys Canyon, which had burned about 10 acres as of about 10 a.m.
One of the largest weekend wildfires sparked south of Fillmore, called the Halfway Hill fire. At last report, it had burned 10,141 acres and forced the evacuation of the Virginia Hills subdivision. When the campers were contacted by investigators, they said they had attempted to extinguish the fire before they left the area. They told police that after seeing the fire erupt and spread rapidly, “they were concerned that their fire may have been the cause.”
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