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HERRIMAN -- The wildfire area south of Herriman erupted into a dust storm late Sunday afternoon.
Just before 5 p.m., a sudden blast of wind raked across the fire zone and stirred up an enormous cloud of dust and ash.
It was the biggest wind event since the fire broke out two weeks ago.
The cloud of dust quickly blanketed most of the homes in Herriman. Gusts of wind were clocked as high as 43 miles per hour.
"It's picking up all that ash and soot off of there and blowing it to all our homes. I mean, we have to dust daily as it is, and this makes it 10 times worse," said Herriman resident Lesley McDaniel. "This isn't going to help us any. It's just going to put another layer of dust on top of all the smoke that we had to get rid of."
The dust event only lasted about 10 minutes, but it caused enough problems to upset residents who are still tense over the area wildfire.
