Here’s why the Salt Lake City fire near the University of Utah is ‘no longer an immediate threat’

Officials have determined it was human-caused.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) A helicopter circles the Bonneville Fire near the Arlington Hills neighborhood in Salt Lake City, Monday, June 22, 2026. Early Tuesday, officials announced there was "no longer an immediate threat with this fire."

Here’s why the Salt Lake City fire near the University of Utah is ‘no longer an immediate threat’

Officials have determined it was human-caused.

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