Nearly a month after a fire sparked by a lawn mower hitting a rock on public land destroyed two Millcreek apartment buildings, displacing dozens of residents, a new report details the early efforts made to douse the flames.
The Unified Fire Authority report says two Salt Lake City employees tried to extinguish the fire several times on July 25.
Investigators claim a worker called his supervisor for help, but by then, flames had grown to 10 feet high. The supervisor brought two extinguishers with him, but when they proved ineffective, he went to another location at the site to get two more extinguishers, which were unable to stop the fire. That’s when the workers finally called 911, although it’s unclear how much time elapsed between when the fire started and when they called for help…