OGDEN, Utah, July 6, 2022 (Gephardt Daily) — Ogden City firefighters were dispatched to a grass fire early Wednesday morning, and responded to the scene, near 20th Street and Harrison Boulevard.
“Fire units arrived on the scene to a 1-acre grass fire traveling quickly up the hillside,” says a statement issued by the OCFD.
“Units were able to use progressive hose packs to get a wet line around the fire. It was contained within 20 minute of fire crews’ arrival.”
Firefighters from Ogden Fire and South Ogden Fire responded to the fast-moving fire with 13 firefighters, one ladder truck, two engines, five brush trucks and a battalion chief.
“The fire is under investigation, traffic was shut down for approximately two hours, but is now reopened,” the statement says.