Grouse-Creek News

Summer vacation is nearing its end and school is just around the corner.A It may come as a surprise to many but school actually starts on Tuesday, Aug.

No sooner than crews began to relax after containing the largest of Utah's remaining wildfires, lightning had sparked new blazes on Saturday.

It's burned 48,038 acres in a national forest and along a scenic byway, but the Seeley Fire's days - make that day - is numbered.

The fire was started by lightning on Wednesday. It was quickly dubbed the Baboon Fire because it threatened communication facilities on top of Baboon Peak.

Two new wildfires are keeping crews busy today in remote northwestern Utah, but firefighters were near containment on several other blazes throughout the state.