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OPHIR, Tooele County — Crews successfully quelled a nearly 1,600-acre blaze that at one point had threatened the Deseret Chemical Depot, once home to the nation's largest chemical weapons stockpile but now in the closure process.
The rangeland fire was first reported about 5 p.m. Friday near mile marker 4 on state Route 73 and is believed to be human-caused.
Bureau of Land Management spokeswoman Cami Lee said the fire grew to 1,572 acres but was fully contained by Saturday morning and crews have since been pulled off scene.
