SALT LAKE CITY — A family hiking and fishing in the backcountry this week was forced to flee the fire on foot — they hiked 37 miles round trip to get to safety.

The Beulah Fire is growing in the High Uintas; crews say it’s now a category 4 fire at 2,310 acres burned in the wilderness near Bear Lake.

The Weavers had planned a camping trip at a back-country lake, three days of leisurely hiking and fishing, but they woke up on their first morning to a massive plume and rescue helicopters. The group of five was able to get texts through a satellite connection and communicate with fire crews.

Ana Weaver said, “We were in touch with fire crews, told them where we were camping, and they told us to leave ASAP. It’s closer than four miles to you. So we packed up our camp in, like ten minutes. It

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