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As the smoke obscured the sun, it began to look rather apocalyptic. There were five fires in Utah over the latter part of last week into the weekend. This one was called the Jacob City Fire and it consumed over 4,000 acres. Yesterday's news..."A man was arrested Tuesday after police say his negligent actions sparked the Jacob City Fire."

Had this fire gotten into a densely populated urban environment the results would have been catastrophic. The mountains and prevalent winds caused the fire to move uphill only where no structures were located. The fire was about 20 miles from my house as the crow flies. Very dry, hot and windy out here in the southwest US.