Overview
- A brush fire burned near 1625 E. 650 North at East Mountain Wilderness Park in Kaysville and nearby homes were briefly evacuated before residents were allowed to return the same night.
- The Kaysville Fire Department reported the blaze was under control about 20 minutes after the first evacuation notice and crews remained on scene monitoring hot spots.
- Kaysville crews fought the fire with help from mutual-aid agencies and other firefighting units that responded to the scene.
- Officials have not confirmed the fire's final size, full containment percentage or cause and investigators are still working to establish those details.
- City leaders had already banned aerial fireworks and limited other fireworks in parts of Kaysville for the holiday period, a policy detail officials say is relevant though no link to the fire has been announced.