2 Utah wildfires now growing near each other- 2 local news reports w transcripts at Heating Planet blog

KUTV 2 News Salt Lake City Evacuation notice issued for residents after wildfire ignites in Hobble Creek Canyon  We are going to start 0:11 off with breaking news tonight 0:13 in utah county where a 0:15 wildfire has forced 0:16 evacuations. good evening. i'm 0:17 max roth in for bob evans. 0:20 fox, 13 news reporter scott 0:21 mckane is live in springville. 0:24 and scott, what have you 0:25 learned out there? 0:29 >> yeah, good evening, max. 0:30 and you know, first and 0:31 foremost, the good news is 0:31 those evacuations as it were. 0:35 they basically revolve around 0:37 100 cabins in this time of 0:37 year. obviously hunting season 0:38 in full swing, but no primary 0:41 residence, at least for now. 0:42 and all of this happening 0:45 about 10 miles up the road 0:46 from where we are right now in 0:48 springville way of hobble 0:49 creek canyon. we're talking a 0:52 few miles above the golf 0:53 course. and we're going to 0:54 show our viewers right now. 0:55 this is what multiple 0:57 firefighting units. 0:58 >> right now dealing with and 1:01 it's all the result of 1:01 incredibly dry trees and 1:04 vegetation that for reasons 1:06 still not known at this hour. 1:08 it's sparked sometime late 1:08 this afternoon early this 1:09 evening and even with very 1:11 little wind, those flames 1:13 spreading quickly at last 1:15 report. and again, this is 1:17 just an estimate, according to 1:18 officials with the forest 1:19 service, they're thinking 1:20 about 150 acres of torch so 1:22 far, that number could be 1:24 greater because it's been dark 1:25 now for a couple of hours 1:28 there. again, multiple 1:29 firefighting resources on 1:31 scene, including heavy 1:32 equipment, multiple vehicles 1:33 from the u.s. forest service. 1:35 others from the state division 1:37 of natural resources. plus 1:38 local resources. we saw the 1:39 mapleton fire department up 1:40 there as well. we could also 1:42 see flashlights on the hill. 1:43 so some crew members are 1:45 apparently already up there, 1:48 probably trying to figure out 1:48 the best places to he came to 1:51 start a back burner back 1:52 burns. but it appears as 1:54 though at this point this 1:54 blaze is 0% contained. the 1:58 other thing working against 2:00 firefighters that since this 2:01 all happened so late in the 2:03 afternoon. and it is so far a 2:04 pablo creek canyon. 2:06 >> they were not able to 2:09 really deploy air resources in 2:10 any way, shape or form. the 2:13 canyons are too tricky. it got 2:14 dark really quickly. but 2:16 officials with the forest 2:18 service say those air 2:19 resources will be available 2:19 once the sun comes up 2:20 tomorrow. but they're going to 2:21 be keeping a very close eye on 2:22 this all night long. again, 2:24 there are multiple resources 2:26 up there trying to keep it 2:28 contained to where it is. it 2:29 seems to be burning to the 2:30 north and the northwest and 2:31 again, to just remind our 2:33 viewers, the evacuations 2:35 pertain mainly 200 cabins and 2:38 at least at this point, no

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Earlier- from 10 PM news Oct 2, 2025- New wildfire breaks out in Utah County, evacuations ordered in Hobble Creek Canyon FOX 13 News Utah  This is breaking news on two. 0:06 News at 10:00. 0:08 >> Breaking at 10:00. A rapidly 0:09 spreading fire near Springville, 0:11 up Hobble Creek Canyon has 0:13 forced evacuations. Thanks for 0:14 joining us. I'm Heidi Hatch. 0:17 >> And I'm Mark Bell. An 0:18 evacuation zone is set up from 0:19 right fork of Hobble Creek 0:20 Canyon into Springville. 0:23 >> Brian Will went to the mouth 0:24 of the canyon and spoke to 0:25 those near the flames tonight. 0:27 He joins us live in. Brian, 0:28 what are you seeing and 0:29 learning? 0:31 >> Heidi and Mark crews are 0:32 stopping traffic just up the 0:34 road from us. And tonight we're 0:35 learning. Just minutes ago, 0:37 they're expanding that 0:38 evacuation zone zone from 0:39 Jolly's Ranch to Springville 0:41 Crossing. Earlier tonight, we 0:43 did get a look at how people 0:45 are evacuating. 0:47 >> I've been hearing 0:48 helicopters go up there with 0:50 buckets of water. 0:51 >> A wildfire up Hobble Creek 0:53 Canyon started around four this 0:55 afternoon and quickly spread, 0:56 forcing road closures and 0:59 evacuations. 0:59 >> Campos came in and said 1:01 there was a fire up there. We 1:03 might have to evacuate. 1:03 >> David Barney is at the 1:05 Cherry Campground, just a few 1:06 miles away from the front line. 1:08 He says the fire started near a 1:10 shooting range just up the road 1:12 from where he often camps. 1:14 >> The shooting range. But they 1:17 figure they feel that it 1:18 started at the top of the 1:20 mountain and worked its way 1:21 down. 1:22 >> We're up the right fork of 1:23 Hobble Creek Canyon, where you 1:25 can see that fire line behind 1:27 me, and just how quickly this 1:28 has grown to more than 150 1:30 acres. We've seen planes, 1:33 helicopters and fire crews 1:33 attacking this fire. Ranchers 1:36 rushed into the canyon, herding 1:39 their cattle away from the 1:40 flames. A few campers like 1:43 Barney staying behind after he 1:46 says the sheriff told them they 1:48 didn't have to leave, at least 1:51 for now. 1:51 >> The sheriff told me that he 1:52 thought maybe ATV riders 1:54 started it up high on the 1:56 mountain. 1:56 >> Crews from Mapleton Fire, 1:58 Utah County Fire and the State 2:01 of Utah Fire will continue 2:02 battling this blaze into the 2:04 night. 2:05 >> I just hope they can get it 2:07 out and doesn't burn much 2:08 forest. 2:09 >> Now. We're about six miles 2:11 away from that fire. That 2:13 campsite is about three miles. 2:14 So it is in that new evacuation 2:16 zone. And this evacuation order 2:18 will be until- 

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