UPDATED: Multiple fires burning in St. George area on night of July 4th holiday

Written by Chris Reed
July 4, 2020

ST. GEORGE — Firefighters in the St. George area are busy tackling multiple blazes on the night of the Fourth of July holiday.

From a distance, people watch a fire on the Black Hill in St. George, Utah, July 4, 2020 | Photo by Chris Reed, St. George News

A fire that erupted on the Black Hill beneath Tech Ridge during a large fireworks show just after 10 p.m. burned through some brush, and crews from St. George Fire Department are working to keep it away from structures.

A sizable brush fire was reported at The Ledges off state Route 18 at about 10:30 p.m., with another igniting in the brush near the St. George Veterans Center. St. George News observed arriving crews near the Veterans Center extinguish the fire quickly.

Earlier in the evening, other brush fires were being addressed throughout the area, including in the area of Middleton Drive and Red Hills Parkway, Hope Street and Main Street, and in Nisson Park in Washington City, among several other locations.

The exact cause of each fire is still being determined as of Saturday evening. This is a developing story.

Update July 5, 12:30 a.m. Video added.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Chris Reed serves as a reporter for St. George News, where he has been honored with several awards from the Society of Professional Journalists for his work, including first-place accolades. He started his journalism career as a sports reporter and editor in Southern California where he once compared shoe sizes with Shaquille O'Neal and exchanged mix tapes with members of the Los Angeles Kings. After growing up in the San Fernando Valley learning karate skills from Mr. Miyagi and spending a decade in Las Vegas mostly avoiding the casinos, he came to St. George for love and married his soulmate, a lifetime Southern Utah resident. He is the proud father of two boys, his youngest a champion against both autism and Type 1 diabetes.

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