Two more Utah communities were given mandatory evacuation orders Sunday afternoon as a result of the ongoing Pole Creek and Bald Mountain fires in Utah and Juab counties.
Residents of Diamond Fork and Sheep Creek were officially ordered to evacuate as of 2 p.m. Sunday, according to Sgt. Spencer Cannon, public information officer for the Utah County Sheriff’s Office (UCSO). Those areas were put on a pre-evacuation notice Saturday evening.
Evacuation efforts were complicated by a renewed shutdown of U.S. Highway 6. The highway had been temporarily re-opened for travel through Spanish Fork Canyon on Sunday morning, but just hours later was closed again.