UPDATE 1:44 p.m. MDT: Local TV station KSL is reporting that three homes have been “severely damaged” by the Taylor Mountain Road fire. Read more here.
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The Taylor Mountain Road Fire in northeastern Utah continues to burn Monday morning, and has destroyed one family’s home, The Salt Lake Tribune reported.
The fire started on July 5 and grew rapidly, prompting evacuations north of the town of Vernal, near Steinaker State Park. As of Monday morning, the fire had burned 3,167 acres and was at 25 percent containment.
Another view of the K-max on the #TaylorMountain fire pic.twitter.com/Biw9uor3XN
— UtahFireInfo (@UtahWildfire) July 6, 2014
Steinaker State Park remains closed. Officials did not have numbers of homes that remain at risk from the fire.
#TaylorMtnRdFire #UTFIRE About 60 acres of Steinaker State Park burned but fire fighters saved shop and office. pic.twitter.com/cjVaTqep6O
— Utah State Parks PIO (@UtStateParksPIO) July 6, 2014
