Fires near Jordanelle Reservoir force evacuations

A good question, which the media never asks (which is a question itself), is why the "firefighters" don't actually fight fires. They'll report to the public that firefighters are assigned, but in actuality, these fires are allowed More..

There are probably finite resources available. There are probably dozens of fires in Utah right now, hundreds in the American west. Many fires can be monitored and if they don't threat structures and lives, then they could be allowed to burn More..

At least this fire is next to a great water source which they can use if they can find the helicopters and buckets.