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Crews respond to 'human-caused' brush fire at Marriott-Slaterville homeless encampment
MARRIOTT-SLATERVILLE — Smoke filled the air Tuesday evening in Weber County just off of Interstate 15 between the 21st Street and 12th Street exits as a brush fire was sparked at a homeless encampment in the area. David Reed, deputy chief/fire marshall for the Weber Fire District, told the Standard-Examiner that the fire was spotted around mile marker 344 at 5:49 p.m. by an off-duty Utah Highway Patrol officer who was driving on I-15. The officer promptly called dispatch to report the fire. When crews arrived on the scene, the flames had engulfed a field area that Reed described as ...
