SUMMIT COUNTY, Utah — What started off as a normal day quickly changed for campers in the Manorlands area of Summit County. People in the area described the day as cloudy until it started to look smoky.

Ella Fox was camping with her family up in the mountains. They had a group of 60 people for their family reunion. “It’s kind of sad because it’s like a family area that we usually go every year, and we had to cut it short,” Fox said.

The Northern Utah Type 3 Team took over the fire. Toby Weed, with the team, said the conditions are making it more difficult. “This is exactly the conditions that we don’t want to see out here, right now there’s a red flag warning because of the high winds, and very low relative humidity or moisture in the air, and that’s driving rapid fire growth,” Weed said

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