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SALT LAKE CITY — Residents across the Wasatch Front should expect another day of poor air quality due to haze from wildfires burning across the western U.S.
KSL's Air Quality Network forecasts the air to be unhealthy for sensitive groups across Utah's four most populated counties, as well as eastern Utah. The Utah Department of Environmental Quality defines sensitive groups as children and older adults, people who are active outdoors and people with lung disease, such as asthma.
Other counties across the state can expect moderate air quality conditions Friday.
However, some areas of the state have much worse air quality than others. For example, Orem, Provo, Salem, Spanish Fork and West Benjamin in Utah County each reported unhealthy air quality amounts Friday. Spanish Fork reported a 257 score at 9:15 a.m. The threshold for air to be classified as unhealthy is 151 and 257 falls into the "very unhealthy" range.
Meanwhile, crews continued to fight the Coal Hollow and Hill Top fires burning in Utah and Sanpete counties. More than 200 personnel were assigned to the Coal Hollow Fire Friday morning. The fire has burned 17,969 acres since it started Aug. 4, according to Utah Fire Info.
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Fire updates: Coal Hollow Fire more than doubles in size; U.S. Highway 6 reopens
The Coal Hollow Fire in Utah County more than doubled in size and has now burned 17,208 acres as of Thursday morning, with flames higher than Utah's tallest building.This article will be updated throughout the day with information about Utah's wildfires.
Pre-evacuations expected to be lifted Saturday for Hill Top Fire in Sanpete County
Some Carbon County residents near Coal Hollow Fire allowed to return home
Dollar Ridge Fire in Duchesne County is 90 percent contained, grows to 62,300 acres
GIFs show spread of Hill Top and Coal Hollow fires
Goose Creek Fire in Box Elder County nearly contained
Red Cross officials close Indianola evacuation center
Dollar Ridge Fire (south of Fruitland, Duchesne County) reaches 60K acres
