By Janelle Walker
Smoke issued from the mouth of Provo Canyon Tuesday afternoon, July 15, as fire crews battled a grass fire.
The fire started at about 2:40 p.m., and burned near Squaw Peak Road. Fire crews closed the road leading up to Squaw Peak and the nearby campgrounds.
Kevin Gilbea of the Provo Fire Department said the fire department hoped to have the fire under control by 5 p.m.
The Provo Fire Department, Utah County Wildland crews, the Utah Forest Service and a Provo Forest Service helicopter were on the scene, fighting the flames.
Dispatch for the Provo Fire Department said the fire did not threaten any homes or businesses.
Provo Fire Chief Coy Porter, said crews hoped the road would be a natural barrier to the fire.
Loyal Clark, a representative for the Uinta National Forest Service, said fire crews did not anticipate any control problems and did not request additional resources.
The fire consumed about five acres of wild land.
Clark said the fire''s cause is under investigation.
Meanwhile, flames continue to burn in Farmington as fire crews work around the clock.
By Monday evening, crews estimated the six-day-old fire was 50 percent contained.
The fire, started Thursday evening by a Salt Lake City transient, has already burned over 2,000 acres.
No estimated control date has been reported.
Also, a fire continues to burn east of Huntsville, near the Causey Reservoir. The fire has destroyed six summer residences and damaged several more.
More than 360 acres have burned. The fire was estimated to be 80 percent contained.