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PROVO, Utah (ABC4) — The preliminary findings from the Buckley Draw Fire debris were presented today at Provo City Hall.
Provo City stated that 0.7-0.8 inches of rain dropped over the Buckley Draw Fire burn scar in just 30 minutes. As a result, there was a significant amount of mud and debris flow.
"The peak flows in this event were considerably larger than the [peak flows] that happened in 2003," Tim Thompson with GeoStrata Engineering and Geosciences, when comparing this incident to a similar event that happened over 20 years ago.
They said that the flow made it to State Street, shut down roads, and made its way into a meetinghouse for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Over 200