Wildfire reported near Goose Creek Wilderness area, Springdale UT
WildfireMultiple 911 calls report a confirmed wildfire near Goose Creek Wilderness and Kolob Deerhaven Recreation Camp in Springdale, Utah. The fire is northeast of a backpacker on the West Rim Trail. Authorities are working to locate it precisely and consider park closures and permits affected by the fire.
Audio|Source: Washington County Public Safety
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Units on the possible fire up on Kolob Terrace.
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Just for information, we've now received two more calls on this fire, both 911 calls that went to Kane County.
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One of them was a backpacker up on West Rim Trail that's reporting it.
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I have his coordinates, he says it's to be northeast of his location,
00:19
but it does seem like a real fire at this point.
00:24
4 is there when I copy.
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Can we start pinpointing the coordinates and looking at what permits we should be affected by this?
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Like the areas of the park that we should start looking at as far as closures.
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I just want to get a good idea of what permits are out there.
00:47
what their plan is at this point, but I'll also call them to let them know the additional reports.
00:57
The fire was northeast of their location, which would put it up around the Colop Deerhaven Rec Camp, Goose Creek Wilderness Area.
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However, that's the opposite direction of what the original reporting party gave up the lava flight.
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Go ahead. On the table, we want, we want a flyover photographs.
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So those coordinates given are 37-385-112 by negative 113-13-05-1097.
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Goose Creek Wilderness, Unnamed Road, Springdale, UT 84767
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