{"id":2338,"date":"2026-06-21T05:06:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T05:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2338"},"modified":"2026-06-21T05:06:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T05:06:22","slug":"life-threatening-juab-county-wildfire-forces-evacuations-as-it-explodes-to-13000-acres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2338","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Life-threatening\u2019: Juab County wildfire forces evacuations as it explodes to 13,000 acres"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Residents in Juab County were ordered to evacuate Saturday night after a new human-caused wildfire exploded to over 10,000 acres through the day.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2336\">Bryce Harper hits for the cycle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy message is please listen to your law enforcement. Evacuations are not only for your safety but for our firefighters\u2019 safety,\u201d said Kelly Wickens, spokesperson for the Divison of Fire, Forestry and State Lands.<\/p>\n<p>More than 200 firefighters are battling the blaze burning less than 1\u00bd mile away from the town of Eureka, which had 662 to 828 residents, according to 2020 census data.<\/p>\n<p>The fire, dubbed the Iron Fire, was mapped at 13,323 acres as of Saturday evening. Officials have not disclosed the specific cause of the fire.<\/p>\n<p>Juab County Emergency Management sent an alert telling residents to \u201cleave immediately\u201d and to \u201cnot stop to gather belongings,\u201d adding conditions were life-threatening and changing rapidly. Any resident who could not leave was asked to dial 911.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\ud83d\udea8 #IronFire EVACUATION UPDATE: Evacuations are occurring in Eureka. An evacuation center has been established at the LDS Church in Elberta, 15331 S 12800 W St., Elberta, UT. A second reception site is being coordinated. Monitor official sources for updates.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Utah Fire Info (@UtahWildfire) June 21, 2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A shelter for evacuees is open at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse at 15456 S. 12800 West, in Elberta, the alert said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2334\">Blaze sparks above Red Butte Garden in Salt Lake City<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Additionally, westbound U.S. 6 between Elberta and Eureka is closed due to the fire, and drivers should avoid the area, the Utah Department of Transportation said on X. The blaze also caused the closure of Homansville Pass Road to U.S. 6.<\/p>\n<p>The fire started on private lands but spread to Bureau of Land Management land and is still threatening structures in Broad Canyon, the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands said.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before 4 p.m., the winds shifted, forcing the flames toward Eureka, and several ranches and structures were earlier urged to be ready , the division said.<\/p>\n<p>Smoke from the Iron Fire and Sawmill Fire burning in Iron County is blanketing much of Utah\u2019s skies with a hazy layer, state fire officials noted. Smoke from wildfires in Nevada and Arizona has also drifted into Utah to create poor air quality.<\/p>\n<p>Residents in Spanish Fork, Provo, American Fork, Midway, Springville and Saratoga Springs earlier reported ash falling from the sky.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2332\">A Big 12 analyst praised AJ Dybantsa\u2019s decision to go to BYU. Some Cougar coaches chimed in<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Contributing<\/b>: Garna Mejia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ranches north of Eureka, Juab County, were ordered to evacuate and Homansville Pass Road remained closed as the Iron Fire continued to approach Eureka on Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2337,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-utah"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u2018Life-threatening\u2019: Juab County wildfire forces evacuations as it explodes to 13,000 acres - American Movers Hub<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=2338\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\u2018Life-threatening\u2019: Juab County wildfire forces evacuations as it explodes to 13,000 acres - 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