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TOOELE COUNTY, Utah, June 14, 2020 (Gephardt Daily) — Crews are fighting a new brush fire in Tooele County Sunday afternoon.
A tweet from Utah Fire Info at 1:30 p.m. said: “NEW START: #BigSpringsFire in Tooele County. Thirty acres and growing with multiple resources responding including aircraft.”
A follow-up tweet said: “Thanks to the Air Attack plane for this great photo of the #BigSpringsFire. Fun fact: The Air Attack plane gives ground forces real time fire intel from above and coordinates air tankers and helicopters entering the fire.”
Soon after, a third tweet said: “The #BigSpringsFire continues to grow rapidly and is estimated to be about 1,000 acres.”
A tweet at 5:30 p.m. said: “Northern and southern progress on the #BigSpringsFire has been halted on the lower elevations. Fire has reached ridgetops and aircraft are working to keep any fire spread across to the east side of the Stansbury Mountains.”
Dugway Police Department posted on Facebook at 1 p.m. that SR-196, Skull Valley Road, was closed due at mile marker 31; the road has since reopened.
Gephardt Daily will have more on this developing story as information is made available.
Northern and southern progress on the #BigSpringsFire has been halted on the lower elevations. Fire has reached ridgetops and aircraft are working to keep any fire spread across to the east side of the Stansbury Mountains. pic.twitter.com/fxHeowRwai
— Utah Fire Info (@UtahWildfire) June 14, 2020
