Less than 24 hours after flames threatened homes near Ensign Peak, many Salt Lake City residents were already thinking about the next wildfire.
For Dr. Brent James, the Sandhurst Fire came closer than any he had seen before. “This is the biggest one, and it actually wrapped around our house,” James said.
The fire burned up to the buffer zone behind his home, singed vegetation near his property and prompted firefighters to use water from his backyard pool while battling the flames…