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Fire crews battle wildfire near Toquerville Falls
Jun 5, 2022, 5:22 PM | Updated: Jun 11, 2022, 9:37 pm
(Credit: Chaice Moyes)
UPDATE: According to the most up-to-date information Saturday from local fire officials, the Toquerville Falls Fire has burned 38 acres and is 50% contained.
The blaze was also said to be human-caused.
TOQUERVILLE, Utah — Crews responded to a wildfire near Toquerville Falls Sunday afternoon.
According to Utah Department of Natural Resource’s Fire Management Officer Mike Melton, fire crews were called in around 12:30 p.m. just south of the falls.
The fire grew to approximately 10 to 15 acres.
Melton said no structures or people were threatened, and a cause for the fire was not given.