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Some evacuations have been lifted, but the Middle Canyon fire continues to burn out of control in Tooele County on Friday afternoon.
Crews from the North Tooele Fire District arrived on the scene shortly after 9 p.m. on Thursday to discover a 2-to-3-acre blaze that shifting winds quickly spread; by Friday afternoon, the fire had burned at least 88 acres.
(After aerial reconnaissance, officials lowered earlier estimates that more acreage had burned.)
"While there was no imminent threat to homes, there were several that were evacuated as a precaution,” the North Tooele Fire District posted on Facebook. Residents on Grimm Hill Road were allowed to return to their homes shortly after 3 a.m., although campers in the canyon were evacuated.
North Tooele firefighters were joined by crews from Tooele City, Tooele County, the Tooele Army Depot, the Bureau of Land Management and the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands. There were no reports of injuries, and no structures were threatened.
Helicopters were deployed to fight the fire on Friday morning, and continued work through the afternoon. The fire is 0 percent contained.
