Letter: Don’t be clueless and start another Utah wildfire
(Nate Carlisle | The Salt Lake Tribune) Looking east from downtown Salt Lake City, air pollution, much of it from wildfire smoke, obscures a view of the Wasatch Mountains on Aug. 6, 2018.
I was driving behind a black pickup truck last night going up Provo Canyon when the driver threw a lighted cigarette out of the window! Sparks from the cigarette scattered and blew across the road. There was dry brush all along Highway 189 between Bridal Veil Falls and Vivian Park.
I couldn't believe someone could be so stupid or irresponsible. These are the kinds of people who start wildfires! I hope everyone will remind clueless friends not do this … ever! And report it if you witness such a dangerously threatening act.
Jim Green, Heber
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