Raging Utah wildfire prompts evacuation as crews struggle to contain it: Officials

"That’s way closer than anybody wants it to be," one homeowner said of the fire. Mandatory evacuations are underway for hundreds of people on Sunday in a central Utah town being threatened by a wind-driven, out-of-control wildfire , officials said. The Iron Fire is burning in Juab County, about 28 miles southwest of Provo, and officials said on Sunday that flames are bearing down on Eureka, Utah, a small town in the East Tintic Mountains. The wildfire, which started on Friday night, had burned more than 13,300 acres by Sunday morning and remains 0% contained, according to Utah Fire Info. The wildfire, according to Utah Fire Info, was human-caused, but details of what sparked the blaze have not been released.

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