UPDATE: On Monday morning, Utah Wildfire Info still reported the fire had burned 1,500 acres. “A light amount of precipitation” had fallen Sunday night, according to the wildfire agency’s Facebook post, but that the fire was still active in heavy timber.
A wildfire in the Uinta Mountains has forced evacuations of campers in the area and has fully closed a nearby highway.
Officials with both Utah Wildfire Info and the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest said the fire is burning southeast of Mill Hollow Reservoir, with firefighting resources en route both on the ground and from the air.
The “Yellow Lake Fire” was estimated at 1,500 acres as of Sunday evening. All campers are being asked to leave the surrounding area, which includes Soapstone Basin, ill Hollow, Wolf Creek, and Duchesne Ridge.
State Route 35 has also been closed between mileposts 12 and 20. UDOT said they do not have an estimated time of reopening.
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