2025 has undoubtedly been a busy fire season for the Beehive State, and there’s still a lot of year left.

The first ignition came when the human-caused East Hartford Fire in Duchesne County sparked on Jan. 5.

Since May 14, the state has seen at least one ignition every single day, Jamie Barnes, director of the Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands, told the Utah Legislature’s Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Interim Committee on Wednesday.

“We’ve had a total of 1,093 responses to fires, and this includes false alarms and smoke reports that we’ve responded to,” Barnes said. “As of right now, we have 801 wildfires that have been logged in the system over all jurisdictions.”

Luckily, Barnes said the response to these fires has been great, with 93% of all fires being cau

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