WANSHIP, Utah (AP) — A lightning-sparked wildfire fanned by high winds has destroyed at least a dozen homes as it threatens hundreds of others near a Utah resort town where firefighters prepared to battle the blaze for a second day today.
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert confirmed late Tuesday that the fire burning near Park City had destroyed the homes in a subdivision about 10 miles northeast of town and burned at least 15 other structures such as vehicles, sheds and boats.
The blaze was among several others in the West, where fires have devoured dry grass and brush and burned to the edges of small communities in several states. In about a dozen Western states, crews were actively fighting fires where drought has dried out landscapes and contributed to extreme fire behavior.
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