NEW HARMONY, Utah (AP) -- Fresh teams of firefighters moved into town Tuesday to help crews that had worked through most of the night to save the town from a shifting, fast-moving 16,000-acre wildfire.
An extra 100 firefighters were dispatched to the wildfire, bringing the total to 800, with support from five air tankers. The blaze was moving north through the Dixie National Forest west of Interstate 15, the main thoroughfare between Las Vegas and Salt Lake City.
''It has the potential to get up and make another run,'' said Rowdy Muir, an incident commander with the Great Basin Fire Management Team. Forecasts were calling Tuesday for more high winds and dry lightning.
Most of New Harmony, about 30 miles northwest of St. George in Utah's southwest corner, was evacuated Monday night, with about 100 residents leaving 27 homes. Crews worked in the neighborhoods past midnight, drawing water from a local reservoir to knock back the flames.
The blaze was running especially hot Monday evening, when it raced northward six miles in two hours under high winds, Muir said.
But by Tuesday morning, the only damage was melted siding on one house. Some residents were being allowed to return to homes in part of town farthest away from the flames.
Elsewhere in southwest Utah, an early morning lightning storm started two new wildfires. The tiny town of Motoqua, a tiny cluster of 12 homes about 25 miles west of St. George, was placed under a one-hour evacuation order as flames moved to within 1
