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Firefighters responded to a brush fire in Farmington on Friday evening.

The 100-acre brush fire was reported near 1500 North on Compton Road at 5:15 p.m., according to U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Kim Osborn.

The fire came close to one house, Osborn said, but burned grass, sage brush and oak brush east, up a hill, away from homes.

"These homes are really fortunate they had great defensible space behind their homes," Osborn said. "It could have been a different story."

As of Friday evening, there was zero containment, she said.

Crews from South Davis Metro Fire, Layton, Farmington, the Forest Service and the state fought the blaze from the air and the ground, Osborn said. Rocky Mountain Power reported more than 3,500 homes without power Friday evening.

Crews fought a wildfire in Pole Canyon in Midway on Friday afternoon.

Someone had been driving an ATV on a rough trail near the Soldier Hollow Golf Course when he or she crashed and rolled about 100 yards at 3 p.m., said Wasatch County fire Lt. Janet Carson.

No structures were threatened by the fire, she said, and no one was injured.

The fire burned away from houses and a golf course in the afternoon, said Forest Service spokeswoman Loyal Clark.

As of Friday evening, the fire had burned 20 acres of oak brush up the canyon and into a ravine, Carson said.

"It's looking a little bit better," she said. "We were concerned because there were winds that had kicked up, but the winds have died down, and with it being low in a ravine, it's not moving very fast."

Two additional crews from Nevada and Green River were expected to assist with the fire Saturday, Carson said.

Crews fought the fire from the ground and by helicopter, Carson said.

Near Spanish Fork, a wildfire burned "several hundred acres" on Friday afternoon, said Division Of Forestry, Fire and State Lands spokesman Jason Curry.

The fire was reported at 2 p.m. and burned dry grass at Lincoln Beach, Curry said. Crews used an aircraft and a single-engine tanker to fight the flames, which burned near — but didn't damage — the West Mountain Observatory, Curry said. A steady wind fanned the fire, he said.

By Friday evening, the fire wasn't contained, according to Curry.

Officials are investigating the cause, but they believe the fire may have been sparked by someone burning something in the area, Curry said.

Lincoln Beach is on the western edge of Utah Lake.

The aircraft fighting the Lincoln Beach fire also assisted on a small fire southwest of Payson, which burned 3 acres Friday. The human-caused fire was reported at 4:30 p.m., and crews had it under control in about an hour, Curry said.

Fire officials announced that a 6,404-acre wildfire in Box Elder County was 90 percent contained Friday evening.

The fire — which was discovered Tuesday morning — didn't grow Friday, and the 20 firefighters were expected to be released Saturday, according to Box Elder County spokesman Mitch Zundel.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

The wildfire that started in Brian Head on June 17 had burned 33,000 acres with five percent containment by Friday evening.

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