HEBER CITY, Utah, July 16, 2020 (Gephardt Daily) — A precautionary evacuation order has been issued as firefighters battle a new brush fire south of Heber City Thursday.
The Big Hollow Fire fire broke out near the Big Hollow Shooting Range on Big Hollow Road west of U.S. Highway 40 about 5:20 p.m.
An initial tweet from Utah Fire Info said multiple resources were responding and the fire was approximately 30 acres.
At 9:30 p.m. Utah Fire Info tweeted the fire had grown to 300 acres and precautionary evacuations have been ordered residents on Little Sweden Road.
Firefighters have determined the blaze was human-caused and say their investigation is ongoing.
Gephardt Daily will have more on this developing story as information is made available.
