herriman fire

herriman fire

• A fire that first danced across a ridge top plunged downward late Sunday, sweeping into Herriman’s southern neighborhoods.

Responders and residents sprinted away from homes as 50 mph winds fanned flames from a wildfire that began Sunday afternoon at a machine gun firing range at Utah National Guard’s Camp Williams.

“It’s chaos,” said Salt Lake County sheriff’s Lt. Don Hutson as he helped move residents out of their homes.

At least 1,400 homes had been evacuated as of midnight and some had caught fire, said emergency responders who descended on Herriman from across the valley and pushed through crowds of onlookers.

Meanwhile, as many as 250 evacuees waited for updates at a Red Cross center at Herriman High School.