Salt Lake City Fire crews battle grass fire near I-80 and 5600 West

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SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Aug. 29, 2020 (Gephardt Daily) — Crews from the Salt Lake City Fire Department have spent hours on Saturday battling a grass fire estimated at 20 acres near Interstate 80.

The blaze broke out near 5600 West and I-80, a 3:58 p.m. tweet from the SLCFD says.

“Crews making headway,” it says.

A followup tweet indicated progress.

“Fire is approximately 20 acres along the freeway according to incident commander,” the second tweet says. “Mopping up hot spots now.”

The fast-moving fire was along the interstate to the west of the Salt Lake City International Airport.

Gephardt Daily will update the story as more information becomes available.

Interstate 80 and 5600 West are marked with a red arrow Image Google Maps

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