- The Cottonwood Fire has devastated the Tushar Mountains, burning almost 60,000 acres in two days.
- Cabin owner Steve Mayer describes the loss as “devastating.”
- Gov. Spencer Cox anticipates high costs, calling it potentially Utah’s most destructive fire.
BEAVER — Steve Mayer, his family and two other families had spent the past six years building their dream vacation cabin in the scenic Tushar Mountains.
He traveled there this past weekend to help finish painting the drywall while constructing a small fire pit. Mayer, who primarily lives in Cottonwood Heights, remembers sitting back and thinking they had “finally finished this beast.”
Now, days later, he’s not entirely sure it’s there anymore…