(Monticello, UT) — The Babylon Fire is now over 90-thousand acres with zero containment. It’s currently the second-largest wildfire in America. It’s burning about two-dozen miles southwest of Monticello, near the Colorado border. A total of 730 firefighters are battling the flames from the ground and the air. So far, […] Read More The post Babylon Fire Now Over 90,000 Acres With No Containment first appeared on Mid-Utah Radio.

The Babylon Fire burning in San Juan County exploded overnight, growing by over 20,000 acres and remains zero percent contained as the second largest wildfire in Utah this season.

(San Juan County, UT) — The Babylon Fire has more than doubled in size and is now burning more than 38-thousand acres in southeastern Utah. Fire officials say the wildfire remains zero-percent contained after strong winds pushed the flames to the northeast. The Needles District of Canyonlands National Park remains […] Read More The post Babylon Fire Grows To More Than 38,000 Acres first appeared on Mid-Utah Radio.

(Blanding, UT) — The Babylon Fire has forced National Park officials to close Canyonlands National Park. The fire is burning near Blanding and is moving toward the park. All visitors in the Needles district need to evacuate and all of the reservations at the Needles campground are now cancelled. No […] Read More The post Canyonlands Park Closes For Babylon Fire first appeared on Mid-Utah Radio.

The rapidly expanding Babylon Fire in southeast Utah has forced the closure of numerous roads and parts of a national forest.

The Utah State Tax Commission on Thursday claimed in a letter that San Juan County Assessor Rick Meyer "failed to follow the law and is unfit to perform his duties."