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12-acre wildfire sparks west of Echo Reservoir in northern Summit County

By kpcw.org · August 20, 2026 · 1 min read
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12-acre wildfire sparks west of Echo Reservoir in northern Summit County
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Published August 7, 2026 at 1:17 PM MDT Updated August 7, 2026 at 3:34 PM MDT North Summit Fire DistrictThe West Echo Fire burns in the hills west of Echo Reservoir and Interstate 80 in northern Summit County on Aug. 7, 2026. The fire is human-caused, and crews have stopped its forward progress west of Interstate 80.

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