KOOSHAREM, Utah — The Monroe Canyon Fire burning in central Utah has grown to almost 65,000 acres and is 15 percent contained, in over three weeks.

While crews are working to put out the flames, they are proactively working on nearby towns in case the fire does spread there.

Steve Hiatt has been keeping a close eye on the fire from his front porch in Koosharem. "Then you got the big thing kicking up over there, that’s kind of scary,” he said, pointing to plumes of smoke. "Makes me nervous, makes me sad to see all that stuff burn. We've been hunting for years, and it’s just kind of crazy, just every day gets more and more.”

For the past few years, he has been spending summers in Koosharem.

"I'd take my side by side up here all the time, every time I was down here and just about every ni

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