Does your home insurance cost more due to wildfire threat? The Tribune wants to know.
“Better science” has led to the state removing around 160,000 people from a map of areas called wildland-urban interface, or WUI.
(Brooke Larsen | The Salt Lake Tribune) Blackened trees and ash pits surround the Kelsches' home after the Forsyth Fire burned through Pine Valley, Wednesday, July 9, 2025. The Kelsch family built their home with wildfire-resilient materials, including extra-wide wooden posts that take longer to burn.