OGDEN, Utah — Ogden Mayor Ben Nadolski is calling it a troubling trend after a third structure fire to hit the city in the span of just one week came late Friday at a construction site along 18th Street.

The under-construction three-story apartment building was destroyed in an incident that followed one on August 3, where $1.6 million in damages were reported at a townhome under construction, while on Tuesday, more than a million dollars in damage was estimated at a different fire at an apartment building on 32nd Street.

While the numbers seem alarming, not everyone is concerned.

“Have there been more fires than usual? Probably, maybe a handful more fires this year, but it’s not a drastic difference from years before," explained Ogden Fire Chief Mike Slater.

The fire chief said

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