Back to the BYU Cougars Newsfeed

Crews near 50 percent containment of Honeyville Fire

Related Topics: Honeyville

Crews battling the 856-acre Honeyville Fire in Box Elder County will soon switch from actively fighting the remote, northern Utah blaze to monitoring it for flareups.

Fire Information Officer Mitch Zundel said the human-caused fire, burning in wilderness brush and timber about 25 miles southwest of Logan, was almost 50 percent contained as of Tuesday.

“Gusty down-slope winds tested the fire line last night, but acreage remained unchanged,” Zundel said Wednesday. “Due to the hard work of the firefighters, rainfall and high humidity . . . it is expected the fire status will change to ‘monitored’ at the end of shift today.