{"id":3945,"date":"2026-07-23T14:07:45","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T14:07:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3945"},"modified":"2026-07-23T14:07:45","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T14:07:45","slug":"roy-railroad-corridor-fire-destroyed-around-30-outbuildings-in-addition-to-3-homes-fire-chief-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3945","title":{"rendered":"Roy railroad corridor fire destroyed around 30 outbuildings in addition to 3 homes, fire chief says"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>ROY \u2014 The fire earlier this week along a railroad corridor in Roy that destroyed three homes also destroyed around 30 outbuildings.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3943\">Is \u2018Blue MAGA\u2019 really a thing, or just a fever dream of young progressives?<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe cost of the damage is extensive,\u201d Roy Fire Chief Theron Williams said Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>He didn\u2019t provide a dollar figure, but said on top of the three homes destroyed in the 4300 block of 2675 West, around 30 dog houses, sheds and other outbuildings in the backyards of homes along the impacted stretch were damaged or destroyed. Officials and neighbors in the area say fencing also sustained damage as well as yards in Monday\u2019s fire, torched and blackened by flames.<\/p>\n<p>The impacted section in Roy follows the Union Pacific and Utah Transit Authority railway corridor from around 4800 South north to around the Roy FrontRunner station, north of where the three homes were destroyed, according to Williams.<\/p>\n<p>Weber County property records show the three homes destroyed by fires are collectively valued at $1.18 million.<\/p>\n<div><iframe allowfullscreen=\"\" height=\"450\" loading=\"lazy\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/embed?pb=!1m14!1m12!1m3!1d820.1822188287412!2d-112.04143607835024!3d41.18516465973848!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i1024!2i768!4f13.1!5e1!3m2!1sen!2sus!4v1784752351713!5m2!1sen!2sus\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"600\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Another fire northeasterly from Roy along the railroad corridor in an undeveloped area east of 1900 West and north of Hinckley Drive torched around 15 acres of vegetation, though no buildings, according to Lucas Minton, wildland fire chief for Weber Fire District. That area sits in unincorporated Weber County, and the Weber Fire District is aiding in the investigation of the blaze there, which Williams said was reported minutes before the fires along the nearby corridor in Roy.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3941\">Faith, family and tariffs: Inside Jamieson Greer\u2019s mission to reshape global commerce<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Though one of the fire officials involved in initial efforts on Monday to fight the blaze suspects sparks from a passing train could have caused the fires, given the length and location of the impacted section, Williams kept mum on the possible cause.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t know exactly if it was a train or if it wasn\u2019t, and we just don\u2019t speculate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands is aiding in the investigation, and Williams expects the agency will release more details on the cause and origin of the fire as early as next week. Also involved in the investigation are representatives from the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, or ATF, the Utah State Fire Marshal\u2019s Office, UTA, Union Pacific, the Roy Fire Department and the Weber Fire District.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators ask residents along the impacted railroad corridor to examine home security footage and other video they may have taken in the area between 2 and 3 p.m. on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnyone with information is encouraged to contact the ATF at 801-524-7070 or by email at tyler.olsen@atf.gov. Even information that may seem insignificant could prove valuable to investigators,\u201d the Roy Fire Department said in a statement Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/americanmovershub.com\/?p=3939\">5 of Alex Trebek\u2019s best moments on \u2018Jeopardy!\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Roy railroad corridor fire that destroyed three homes also destroyed around 30 sheds and other outbuildings, according to the city&#8217;s fire chief.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3944,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3945","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>Roy railroad corridor fire destroyed around 30 outbuildings in addition to 3 homes, fire chief says - 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