The town of Eureka, Utah, remained under evacuation on Sunday as a nearby fire grew to nearly 22,000 acres by midday.
The human-caused fire is burning on the border of Tooele, Utah and Juab counties and remains 0% contained at 21,935 acres, Utah fire managers said. The fire had been mapped at 13,323 acres Sunday morning just several hours earlier. No homes have been lost.
“We can all let out a cautious sigh of relief for now,” Santaquin Fire and EMS said on Facebook early Sunday.
“A successful backburn operation helped protect the town overnight, and no primary structures were lost,” Utah Fire Info, managed by state fire officials, posted on X…