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Utah firefighters' latest goal: Keep the Coal Hollow Fire away from U.S. Highway 6

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The Coal Hollow Fire, already covering about 18,000 acres and blowing smoke into Utah’s second-most populated county, is again threatening one of the state’s biggest east-west corridors.

The blaze moved overnight and on Saturday approached U.S. Highway 6. Leann Fox, a spokeswoman for the firefighting team, said the flames are nearing an area called Knoll Hollow — about 20 miles east of the town of Spanish Fork. Firefighters are working to contain or repel the fire.

Location of Knoll Hollow

The latest map shows Highway 6 on the fire’s north flank.