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Utah County’s Stillwater Fire stopped at 30 acres

By gephardtdaily.com · June 7, 2026 · 1 min read
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UTAH COUNTY, Utah, June 7, 2026 (Gephardt Daily) — Utah Fire Info has announced that firefighters have stopped the forward progress of the the Stillwater Fire, which has an estimated acreage of 30 acres. “Forward progression has been stopped,” the update says. “The cause of the fire has been determined to be target shooting.”

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