28-04-2018 22:17 via sltrib.com

High winds reignite a wildfire in Sevier County, causing evacuations and slowing traffic on I-70

A fire reportedly sparked by a Sevier County man on Wednesday reignited Saturday, threatening homes, closing one road and slowing travel on Interstate 70.Police said the man started the fire Wednesday morning along the banks of a canal near 425 South and Old Highway 89 in Elsinore, a small town south of Richfield on I-70.When the man left the fire unattended, it grew and burned a shed and a mobile home, the Sevier County Sheriff’s Office said on Facebook.Fire crews tamed the flames, but ha
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