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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Recreational facilities and a reservoir are off-limits as firefighters continue to contain a northern Utah wildfire.
Officials with the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest said Sunday that the Smith-Morehouse Reservoir is closed to all watercraft so helicopters can use the water on the fire, which is burning 12 miles east of Oakley.
Also closed are the Ledgefork campground, Smith and Morehouse boat ramp and Mud Lake Flats.
But some other area campgrounds remain open.
Authorities say smoke may be visible throughout the Kamas Valley. It was prevalent near the Smith and Morehouse Canyon.
Fire officials say crews are securing hand line along the northern perimeter of the fire, which has burned 5 square miles.
The fire began July 28 and is only 20 percent contained.
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