SALT LAKE CITY — The Dry Creek Fire that sparked overnight near the University of Utah campus is estimated at 89 acres, but officials say its forward progress has been stopped.
Utah Wildfire Info said official containment is at 30% as they work to establish a perimeter.
No structures are currently threatened, and there are no evacuation orders. The Salt Lake City Fire Department is monitoring the situation should that change.
People are being told to stay off trailheads going up towards the fire location in Dry Creek, City Creek, Bonneville Shoreline Trail, and the surrounding foothills, even up behind the Avenues neighborhood and near the University of Utah Hospital.
Officials announced Tuesday evening that the fire was human-caused, but the specific cause was not stated.
Video shows fire burning in hills near University of Utah
The fire department is waiting and relying on outside resources to battle the fire, as the flames are in an area too far up for them to reach. Officials told FOX 13 News that the Division of Forestry and state resources are monitoring and assisting in the situation.
Even with all the rain the area has received, the new fire is a reminder that there is still plenty of dry vegetation that can start a new wildfire.
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