ST. GEORGE – Firefighters responded to a structure fire in the vicinity of 282 N 2700 E on Thursday.
Several witnesses reported seeing a large plume of black smoke from several miles away.
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Updates
- 6:39 p.m. | Initial fire call for brush fire | Structure fire at 282 N 2700 E | St. George Fire and Police departments
- 6:55 p.m. | Possible more than one structure burning | mutual aid called | St. George News on scene
- 7:46 p.m. | Fire at 290 N 2700 E | police command | St. George News reporter Ron Chaffin reporting
- 8:17 p.m. | Fire crews remain on scene | flames contained but smoke still present | Fire Chief Robert Stoker says six residents impacted and that trailers suffered damage, and back yards and sheds are burned.
- 9:10 p.m. | Fire crews remaining on scene to conduct “mop up” and to monitor.
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Photo Gallery
Smoke hovers from the site of a structure fire at 16-398 2700 E on Thursday night in St. George, April 7, 2022 | Photo by Alysha Lundgren, St. George News. Smoke rises from the Thursday evening fire, April 7, 2022 | Photo courtesy of Sadie Magnum, St. George News. The St. George and Washington City fire crews worked to subdue the fire at 290 2700 E in St. George on Thursday evening | Photo courtesy of Devro Brinkerhoff Ladder sprayer was employed to douse the flames at N 2700 E on Thursday evening, April 7, 2022 | Photo courtesy of Jake Howard, St. George News. Ladder sprayer was employed to douse the flames at N 2700 E on Thursday evening, April 7, 2022 | Photo courtesy of Dale Bar, St. George News
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