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Developing: 3 Juab County communities evacuated as wind-driven wildfires explode in size, close SR-36

By gephardtdaily.com · June 27, 2026 · 1 min read
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A desolate Utah highway landscape at dusk, with thick orange and gray wildfire smoke obscuring the horizon over arid sagebrush terrain, symbolizing an approaching wildfire evacuation.
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JUAB COUNTY, June 27, 2026 (Gephardt Daily) — Residents in three Juab County communities have been forced to flee their homes after two separate wildfires merged Friday, burning nearly 20,000 acres and closing SR-36 south of Vernon. Evacuation orders were issued at 9:24 p.m.

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