As the Silver King Fire continues to burn, residents of nearby Marysvale in Piute County are bracing for the potential of flash flooding.
As of Monday, July 15, 2024, the Silver King Fire had burned more than 17,600 acres of Utah's Piute County near Marysvale .
Silver King Fire and announced they'll transition to a locally based incident management strategy featuring local fire crews. a special town meeting was held to discuss preparations and ongoing evaluation of the Silver King Fire burn scar area."There's still a monster up there; it may be asleep but it's still there," said Marysvale Fire Chief Jon Christensen to 2News on Friday. "Our major concern and probably the worst thing would be flooding concerns."
"It doesn't look good," said Christensen. "If we get a severe rain event, it could be really bad. We're looking at a lot of debris flows coming down three major watersheds ."
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