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County, Fillmore City officials make emergency declarations - Millard County Chronicle Progress

By millardccp.com · August 19, 2026 · 1 min read
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Editor's note: This was initially published in the August 12 2026 edition. Some information may be outdated. Millard County and Fillmore City alike declared disaster emergencies last week in response to the 122,750- acre wildfire that continued to burn large swaths of the county’s mountainous eastern boundary on Monday.

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