KAMAS — Campers were evacuated Thursday after a fast-growing fire broke out east of Mirror Lake Highway in a remote section of Summit County.

The Beulah Fire was first reported by the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands shortly after noon. It is estimated to have burned 200 acres following an updated assessment of the site, state and federal firefighters reported Thursday evening. Earlier in the day, it was thought to be between 300 to 400 acres.

The fire started about 3 to 4 miles east of Manorlands, a community near Kamas and Mount Beulah within the High Uintas Wilderness of Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Fire crews from Utah and Wyoming were brought in to fight the fire, said Derek Siddoway, a spokesman for Summit County.

State firefighters reported that the fire wa

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