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This is a high-significance wildfires event affecting Tooele, Utah, tracked from official feeds (NASA EONET). We update this page as the situation develops.
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- Wildfires
- Began
- Status
- Inactive
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Forecast discussion NWS SLC
Area Forecast Discussion
Strong outflow winds near 60 mph possible with afternoon thunderstorms, along with critical fire weather conditions from gusty winds and low humidity.
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000 FXUS65 KSLC 081737 AFDSLC Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Salt Lake City UT 1137 AM MDT Wed Jul 8 2026 .KEY MESSAGES... - High based convection will again develop this afternoon, primarily over northern portions of the forecast area. Any storms that develop will be capable of producing strong outflow winds to 60 mph. - Gusty winds and low relative humidity will combine to produce areas of critical fire weather conditions during the afternoon and early evening. Critical fire weather conditions will continue Thursday over southern Utah. - A notable heat wave will develop ov…
- News FOX 13 News Utah
Cherry, Iron wildfires now over 71,000 acres combined; evacuations remain in place
- News ABC4 Utah
‘GO’: Evacuations ordered after Maple Peak Fire and Cherry Fire merge, burn estimated 20,000 acres
- News The Salt Lake Tribune
There are 6 larger, active wildfires burning in Utah. Here’s a look at what’s going on at each.
Show 4 earlier updates
- KUTV News
Hastings fire burns 20k acres near Grassy Mountain in Tooele County
- ABC4 Utah News
FIRE WATCH: Hastings Fire in Tooele County explodes to nearly 75x in size
- Tooele Transcript Bulletin News
Coffee Barn offered free coffee for emergency responders during South Mountain Fire
- Tooele Transcript Bulletin News
Bucky Whitehouse and Trevor Whiting discuss the South Mountain fire
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NASA EONET ↗.