[CPEO-MEF] Camp Williams (UT) wildfires

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Military facility sparks wildfires
Are cities too close to Williams?

By Matthew D. LaPlante
The Salt Lake Tribune
September 21, 2006

Over several hot and smoky days five years ago, Ken Fortie watched 
helicopters sweep overhead, water splashing over the sides of buckets 
held underneath, toward a carpet of fire, crawling north toward his 
Riverton home.

The July 2001 blaze - flames of which licked the fence lines of some 
homes in Riverton and Bluffdale - was sparked by soldiers disposing of 
smoke grenades at the nearby Camp Williams Military Reservation. Over 
the past 11 years, at least four major fires started at the National 
Guard training area have threatened homes in nearby developments - 
including one this week that began during an artillery firing exercise.

Some of Utah's fastest growing communities surround the north and south 
perimeter of Camp Williams, which straddles the border of Utah and Salt 
Lake counties.

Military and civilian officials say now, more than ever, they need to 
work together to prevent disaster.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_4371989

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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