Target shooting caused a second fire in as many days in Utah County, threatening homes in an area east of Spanish Fork.
The Ether Hollow fire started at around 6:20 p.m. Monday and quickly grew from 20 acres to 1,000 acres by 7:30 p.m. As of 8 p.m., authorities had evacuated around 150 homes. Fifteen of those residences are in Mapleton and the rest are up Hobble Creek Canyon in an area called Grindstone, according to a spokesperson with the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands.
About 80 firefighters are battling the blaze, but heavy winds have grounded “nearly all” aerial firefighting efforts, according to Utah Fire Info. As with Sunday’s William Fire near Santaquin, which has grown to 2,000 acres and is only 5% contained, the cause of the blaze was targeting shooting.
“Two major fires in two days caused by target shooting. This is not the time to carelessly shoot into the wildlands folks. This has to stop,” Utah Fire Info tweeted.
Two major fires in two days caused by target shooting. This is not the time to carelessly shoot into the wildlands folks. This has to stop. #ffsljc
— Utah Fire Info (@UtahWildfire) September 8, 2020
This story will be updated.
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September 08, 2020 at 07:46AM
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