A firefighter battling the Forsyth Fire in southern Utah near Pine Valley was injured this week and had to be airlifted to a nearby hospital.

Fire officials warn residents about the dry conditions across the state as high winds and scattered dry thunderstorms roll through Utah. Earlier this week Summit County increased its fire danger to “very high,” amid Stage 1 fire restrictions.

A rare and powerful “firenado” tornado fueled by wildfire caused destruction and winds of up to 122 miles per hour in southeastern Utah, but thankfully did not result in any injuries

The southwesterly winds are amping up as a weak storm system, also known as a trough, passes through Southern Idaho. The passing front will allow for isolated dry thunderstorms from northern to eastern Utah, while increasing wind speeds and gusts in the southern half of the state. As a result, we see an elevated fire risk for most of the state.

Weeks after the Forsyth Fire destroyed over a dozen homes in the Pine Valley area, residents are once again on edge after the wildfire made an ominous appearance atop Pine Mountain

A fast-moving wildfire has destroyed four homes and five outbuildings as it continues to burn in southeast Utah, state officials say.

The Forsyth Fire, burning near Pine Valley in Washington County, grew another 775 acres, according to a July 11 update from the U.S. Forest Service. The spread occurred on the southern edge of the fire, where crews are focusing aircraft and ground efforts. Smoke also increased over the last 24 hours as winds pushed the fire into unburned fuel.

The Monroe Canyon wildfire in central Utah has now burned more than 5,000 acres in just two days and remains at zero containment, officials said on Tuesday.

A fire-fueled thunderstorm cloud can form on top of a wildfire’s smoke plume, allowing the plume to grow vertically very quickly, Neil Lareau, a scientist and professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, told the Sacramento Bee in 2018.