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National Guard Training Range Sparks Wildfire In Utah

September 20 2010

USA

A wildfire is burning out of control in central Utah, apparently being started by live fire from a nearby National Guard range, the Baltimore Sun reports.

At least four homes have been destroyed and another 1,400 have been evacuated. Two people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation, and two police officers were hurt during evacuation, said a Salt Lake County sheriff.

The blaze started Sunday at the machine-gun training range at Camp Williams, a Utah National Guard spokesman...

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