The Babylon Fire burning in southeast Utah crossed a critical threshold on Tuesday, with firefighters still working to contain it.
The fire has burned over 102,000 acres in the Manti-Lasal National Forest and sits at 21% containment as of Thursday morning, according to crews on the fireline. It’s the first Utah wildfire to cross the 100,000 acres burned figure in 8 years, when the Pole Creek Fire burned around 102,000 acres after merging with the Bald Mountain Fire in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest in 2018.
Upcoming weather conditions pose risks of fire expansion, particularly in the fire’s northeast corner, crews said in their Thursday update. Dry air, excessive heat and winds reaching up to 24 mph are leading crews to anticipate high-momentum runs in the heavily fuel-driven incident.
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