Smoke clouded the air on Sunday in west Duchesne County due to multiple wildfires that had taken off in Wasatch County near Strawberry Reservoir in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest. Those fires, the Soldier Creek Fire and Trout Creek Fire primarily, threatened cabins and resulted in evacuations of campgrounds and hunters in the area. As of Tuesday, fire officials said crews continued to work on containment and that it is suspected that the fires were human caused though no other information had been offered. Due to early speculation that the fires could have been related to power lines, Moon Lake Electric Association went on the record stating that it was not Moon Lake Electric power lines that started the fires. Line Superintendent Curtis Miles stated that the fires were started right along Highway 40 on the north side of the road and were not in proximity of any Moon Lake Electric power lines.
