Tooele County Fire Contained at 1,100 Acres

Tooele County Fire Contained at 1,100 Acres


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(Salt Lake City-AP) -- An eleven-hundred acre wildfire burning in Tooele County is contained.

Tooele County Fire Contained at 1,100 Acres

The blaze broke out Sunday around 5 p-m and was contained last night around 8 p-m.

Bureau of Land Management spokeswoman Erin Darboven says crews were pulled off the blaze last night, but a few hand crews will be sent in this morning to mop up hot spots.

B-L-M officials say the fire burning about 40-miles west of Salt Lake City was started by a bottle rocket, but they have no suspects.

Tooele County Fire Contained at 1,100 Acres

The fire cost about 150-thousand dollars to fight.

(Copyright 2004 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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