Overview
- Salt Lake City Fire Department reports the grass blaze at about 1950 East Circle of Hope Drive has grown to roughly 50 acres and is actively burning in the foothills behind the hospital.
- Local, state and federal crews are operating on scene with helicopters making water drops while an incident command post coordinates the response.
- Officials say no hospital structures are currently threatened and University of Utah Health remains operational despite smoke in parts of the campus.
- Authorities have ordered some evacuations and cleared visitors from nearby attractions, closed roads and trails near the eastern campus, and set a media staging area at North Campus Drive and East Medical Drive.
- Investigators have not yet determined a cause and officials urge the public to avoid the area and not fly drones because aircraft are conducting water-drop operations.