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Officials warn of fire danger for parts of Utah

Last updated Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 7:54am

SALT LAKE CITY — Fire officials are warning of an increased fire danger for parts of Utah because of hot weather and high winds.

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(Chris Landsberger/The Associated Press) A wildfire burns near 63rd and Sooner Road on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2011, in Edmond, Okla.

Fires burn dozens of homes in Texas, Oklahoma

Sean Murphy The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, August 31, 2011 - 9:49am

OKLAHOMA CITY — Wildfires fueled by extremely dry conditions and strong winds destroyed dozens of homes in Oklahoma City and North Texas on Tuesday and forced hundreds of residents to evacuate.

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(MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner) A Wednesday structure fire in Ogden is shown at a distance.

Three fires in Ogden; no injuries

Jesus Lopez Jr., Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, August 25, 2011 - 6:16am

OGDEN -- City firefighters were kept busy Wednesday responding to separate blazes that destroyed a garage, carport and an apartment unit.

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Firefighters with the Weber County Fire District work to put out a brush fire that was started after a utility vehicle driving on the property caught fire Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2011 near the Air Force facility at Little Mountain in western Weber County, Utah.
(ANTHONY SOUFFLE/Standard-Examiner)

Brush fire in Western Weber County

Anthony Souffle

Last updated Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 5:39pm

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Fire destroys cars and car port in Ogden early Wednesday Morning, August 24, 2011

Matthew Arden Hatfield

Last updated Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 2:10pm

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Structure fire in Ogden

Erin Hooley, Matthew Arden Hatfield

Last updated Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 1:57pm

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Early morning fire destroys car port and four vehicles

Jesus Lopez Jr. Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 3:29pm

OGDEN — Residents of the 900 block of 29th Street awoke in the early hours of Wednesday morning to find a car port in flame.

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Smoke rises from a garage fire on Tyler Avenue behind Ogden High School in Ogden Wednesday, August 24, 2011. (MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner

Ogden firefighters respond to burning garage on Tyler Avenue

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, August 24, 2011 - 3:10pm

OGDEN -- Firefighters are responding to a report of a fully involved garage fire in the vicinity of Ogden High School at 2828 Harrison Blvd.

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Lightning sparks 22 fires in Box Elder County

JaNae Francis Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, August 21, 2011 - 10:07pm

BRIGHAM CITY -- If 22 lightning-caused fires in Box Elder County over the weekend are any indication of things to come, it's going to be a long fire season.

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Firefighters battle stubborn hillside fire

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, August 20, 2011 - 10:30pm

OGDEN -- Firefighters from Weber County, Ogden city and the U.S. Forest Service worked Saturday to extinguish a grass fire that began Friday morning when lightning struck the mountain about a mile above 300 South and Douglas Street.

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Promontory fire burns half-acre

Michael McFall Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, August 15, 2011 - 11:24pm

PROMONTORY POINT -- A wildfire burned a half-acre of Promonotory Point, at the southern end of the Promontory Mountains, on Monday.

Dispatchers got a call at 2:30 p.m. that a likely lightning-caused wildfire was burning halfway up the mountain at its southernmost edge. The smoke was visible from Antelope Island.

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Mudslide fears prompt Utahns to nab sandbags

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, August 15, 2011 - 9:13am

DRAPER — Fire officials in Draper are distributing sandbags to residents as they anticipate rainfall that could trigger mudslides.

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Loss in trailer fire may be $500,000

Staff Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, August 15, 2011 - 10:26am

SNOWVILLE -- A man estimates he lost hundreds of thousands of dollars in belongings when his semitrailer caught fire Saturday afternoon.

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Mark Anthony Ott appears in the 2nd District Court in Farmington on Monday.

New hearing set for Ott

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, August 8, 2011 - 11:09pm

FARMINGTON -- Lacey Paige Lawrence should have been learning to drive a car this summer.

Instead, her family was in 2nd District Court on Monday at a hearing for Mark Anthony Ott, 47, who pleaded guilty March 16, 2004, to aggravated murder.

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