| BOX ELDER, Utah, Aug. 12 (UPI) -- Utah fire officials said Tuesday crews have contained a 1,600-acre wildfire burning in the northwestern corner of the state. SAVE MONEY ON TRAVEL DEALS Firefighters in Box Elder County say the Devil's Fire there was under control, with crews dousing the remaining hot spots within the fire zone, Erin Darboven of the Bureau of Land Management told the Salt Lake Tribune. He said fire crews would continue to monitor the blaze to prevent it from flaring up. Elsewhere in the state, fires at the Stansbury Mountains and Provo Canyon were continuing to smolder, the newspaper said. The human-started 246-acre fire in Provo has been burning for 17 days, and the 500-acre Little Bald Mountain fire 12 miles from Grantsville, Utah, has been burning since July 31, the Tribune said. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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