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Three homes damaged, over 200 evacuated, after multiple fires in Roy

By ABC 4 · July 20, 2026 · 1 min read
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ROY, Utah (ABC4) — Multiple homes were damaged and hundreds of individuals were evacuated due to fires in Roy. Matthew Hess, with Ogden Fire Department, says that they are responding to at least three fires within five miles of each other. One of them, near Hinckley Drive, was burning along the Union Pacific railroad tracks.

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