The latest on active fires that are at least 100 acres large and/or have forced evacuations.
Updated Aug. 28, 2026 @ 10:17 a.m.
- The Brushy Canyon Fire burning in Box Elder County on Promontory Point is estimated at 8,000 acres with no containment
- The Teddy Valley Fire in Iron County is estimated at 250 acres with no containment
- The Slough Canyon Fire east of Price is estimated at 4,500 acres with 10% containment
- The Black Canyon Fire in Sanpete/Emery counties is 3,264 acres with 83% containment
- Utah is under stage 2 fire restrictions, meaning no open fires of any kind
- All state land and all unincorporated private lands in all 29 counties
- On Aug. 31, all unincorporated private lands and state lands in Millard, Juab, Sanpete, Sevier, Wayne, and Piute counties will revert to stage 1 restrictions
- Fishlake National Forest is in stage 2
- The Dixie and the Manti-LaSal national forests are in stage 1 fire restrictions
A real-time source of all active wildfires and projects across Utah, which is regularly updated by state fire officials.
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“It felt like you were suffocating,” said one Wayne County resident. When smoke from the Widemouth 2 fire overlapped with a heat wave this summer, it left some Utahns without air conditioning in a tough spot. -
More than three quarters of all wildfires in the U.S. are caused by human behavior including accidents, negligence and arson. -
Friends and family are sharing what they'll miss about Chris Andersen and Miles Elliott. Their deaths have also further shaken the wildland fire community, which has lost several firefighters in this intense and ongoing season. -
The Sevier County sheriff said Saturday that the pilots were killed when their Sikorsky Skycrane helicopter went down Friday morning. The helicopter was among those fighting a fire in the Fishlake National Forest.
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The Sikorsky S64 helicopter was one of seven working a fire in central Utah that was caused by lightning on July 27. The National Transportation Safety Board and Federal Aviation Administration will investigate. -
The hybrid approach returns authority to local cities and towns, but still preserves the governor’s emergency order and the state forester’s ability to issue new restrictions. -
People in Monticello, Utah, have been tense and preparing to evacuate since shortly after the Babylon Fire started June 26.
