Wildfire threatened Salt Lake City homes

A brush fire in the foothills behind the University of Utah threatened homes near Salt Lake City’s Popperton Park on Monday evening before firefighters corralled the flames with the help of three aircraft.“It’s fairly large. No homes were evacuated,” said Battalion Chief Ryan Mellor of the Salt Lake City Fire Department. “It got close to homes. They made a really good stop.”Assisting ground crews were two airplanes and a helicopter dropping chemical retardants