Firefighters from multiple agencies and forest service crews are working to contain a new fire first reported in the Uinta Mountains Thursday, Aug. 7.

The U.S. Forest Service said the Beulah Fire is burning in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest between Mount Beulah and Lamotte Peak, a few miles from the Manor Lands east of Mirror Lake Highway.

It is estimated at around 200 acres after fire crews originally said it covered between 300 and 400 acres earlier Thursday.

The forest service said smoke jumpers, firefighters who parachute into remote areas affected by fire, were called out but had not been able to jump because of high winds Thursday afternoon.

Wyoming’s Uinta County fire and ambulance service said crews had not been able to access the fire on the ground because of its lo

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