Large brush fire rages via Lehi, Alpine place late Saturday night time

LEHI — A fast-moving hearth enveloped the hills surrounding the Traverse Mountain area of Lehi and Alpine overdue Saturday night and into Sunday morning, country and federal fireplace officials stated.

The fire started at near midnight, in keeping with Utah Wildfire Info, and moved so quickly because of robust wind gusts across the Point of the Mountain and northerly Utah County.

Multiple structures inside the place are threatened, in line with the company. Evacuations have been referred to as for on reverse 911, in line with the Lehi Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) on Twitter. A quarter-mile evacuation location from Autumn Hills Blvd and Spring Dew Lane changed into being made, Lehi CERT added. Thirty houses had been evacuated, in step with Utah Wildfire Info.

Several evacuations came in the area of Vialetto Way and Annuvolato Way in Lehi, in addition to Autumn Hills Blvd. And Spring View Lane, Lehi CERT stated. A separate, but close by hearth had also started close to American Fork Canyon in Cedar Hills, according to Utah Fire Info.

This map indicates fires, the Traverse Fire near Lehi and Alpine as well as a fireplace close to American Fork Canyon, that commenced raging past due Saturday night, June 27, 2020, and into Sunday morning. (Screenshot: utahfireinfo.Gov). Several resource companies and hearth departments from the local, county, and nation departments were offering assistance, Utah Wildfire Info said on Twitter.

The fireplace may be seen (and, in some cases, smelled) from as a long way away as Saratoga Springs and Pleasant Grove, in line with several witnesses who despatched pics and movies to KSL.Com through Twitter.