Salt Lake Telegram | 1947-07-05 | Page 7 | 18 Fires Keep Crews Busy

18 Fires Keep Crews Busy I A flurry of grass and brush fires kept Salt Lake City and county fire fighting equipment on the go Saturday with reports of hi 18 firest fires at t widely scattered points A gra grass fire one of 12 In they the the city during the day which started from a rubbish pile In jn the block area area b behind hind the was wai ye s swept t by the wind win up p toward EnSIgn Ensign En En- sign peak before beh being g brought un under p der cont control ol City ther with two men from the Wasatch national forest fire department and residents of ot the area fought the blaze for an hour A second city grass fire resulted in first degree burns to o Mrs Owen Marx S. S West when she attempted to quell the flames of a afire afire afire fire that started near her home A brush lire was reported reported gainIng gaining gain gain- Ing headway In Butte Butterfield canyon near Bingham with county firemen firemen fire fire- men and sheriffs sheriff's deputies caU called d to aid in fighting the blaze blaZ Five other brush and grass fires tires were also reported at s scattered points in the county