Raging Utah wildfire prompts evacuation as crews struggle to contain it: Officials

By Bill Hutchinson
ABC News
June 21, 2026
Category: Forest Fires
Region: US West

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Mandatory evacuations are underway for hundreds of people on Sunday in a central Utah town being threatened by a wind-driven, out-of-control wildfire, officials said. The Iron Fire is burning in Juab County, about 28 miles southwest of Provo, and officials said on Sunday that flames are bearing down on Eureka, Utah, a small town in the East Tintic Mountains. The wildfire, which started on Friday night, had burned more than 13,300 acres by Sunday morning and remains 0% contained, according to Utah Fire Info. The wildfire, according to Utah Fire Info, was human-caused, but details of what sparked the blaze have not been released. Shifting winds and dry vegetation fueled the wildfire on Saturday and sent it in the direction of Eureka, where authorities issued mandatory evacuation orders on Saturday. 

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