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Evacuation Orders in Place as Fire Grows Outside Salt Lake City

Mandatory evacuations were ordered for residents in Mount Aire, on the Eastern outskirts of Salt Lake City, as a fire there grew to 200 acres, local media said on August 6.

Utah Highway Patrol said the I-80 highway would be closed from early on August 7 to make way for firefighting efforts. Credit: Utah Fire Info via Storyful