Photo Story: Firefighters Contain Utah Wildfire

The Rockport 5 wildfire took close to a week to contain as it burned over 1,900 acres in Utah.
Aug. 25, 2013
Photo by Capt. Fitzgerald Petersen
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The Rockport 5 Fire took close to a week to contain as it burned over 1,900 acres in Utah.

The fire was discovered on Aug. 13 near Rockport State Park. Over 200 homes were evacuated as the fire spread.

With the fire mostly contained, several homes and close to two dozen outbuidings were destroyed.

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