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KAMAS — Campers are being evacuated as a "fast-growing" fire is threatening structures on Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest land east of Mirror Lake Highway in a remote section of Summit County, state land managers say.
The Beulah Fire quickly burned approximately 15 acres after starting about 3 to 4 miles east of Manorlands, a community near Kamas and Mount Beulah within the High Uintas Wilderness, sometime Thursday morning. It's also spreading rapidly, according to the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands.
It wasn't immediately clear what kind of structures were being threatened or how many were being threatened. A Utah Department of Public Safety helicopter has been requested to assist in the evacuation of any campers in the area, divisio