Apex Fire Grows to 28,000 Acres

The Apex Fire, started by two teenagers playing with matches, has grown to 28,500 acres, making it not only the largest blaze in the state so far this season but the biggest in southwestern Utah's Beaver Mountains in at least 25 years, fire officials said.
July 2, 2003
The Apex Fire, started by two teenagers playing with matches, has grown to 28,500 acres, making it not only the largest blaze in the state so far this season but the biggest in southwestern Utah's Beaver Mountains in at least 25 years, fire officials said.
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