“If we had not moved some of our responders and the hand crews out, they would have been trapped by the fire as well,” the Sevier County sheriff said. “It was not an easy choice, but … they were able to determine that if we had not done that, we would have lost more lives.”
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Helicopters work on the Widemouth 2 Fire near Fillmore on Aug. 3, 2026. Two firefighting pilots were killed in a helicopter crash.