Sanpete County Sheriff's Office       

NEWS RELEASE -- Wood Hollow Fire

Sheriff  Brian Nielson


P.O. Box 130  Manti, Utah   84642     Phone: (435) 835-2191  FAX: (435) 835-2143 
Twitter: @SanpeteSheriff    Website: SanpeteSheriff.org

For immediate release

June 26, 2012/3:00 p.m.

Contact: Deputy Eric Zeeman
zeemane@sanpeteso.org
435-633-1842

Wood Hollow Fire claims one life in Sanpete County

Sanpete County Utah – Sanpete County Sheriff's deputies and Sanpete County Search & Rescue entered the evacuated areas of the Wood Hollow Fire this morning for assessments and have found the body of one person. The individual has not been identified at this time. We ask for your patience as we work to identify this individual and notify the family as soon as we can.

The Sheriff's Office offers its deepest sympathy to all who have suffered loss and is working as hard as it can with the other emergency responders.

Tuesday's assessment was scheduled to assess the fire's damages and try to determine when property owners could get back into their properties. More details will be released at a later time.

The Wood Hollow Fire, which started Saturday afternoon, continues to burn and has expanded to more than 39,000 acres. At last report the fire had been confirmed at 15 percent containment. Today, the east side of U.S. 89 had its evacuations lifted and residents in Fairview Ranchos were also let in. Sanpete County is leaving the evacuation orders in effect for the west side of Hwy 89. It is unknown if evacuations will be put in place again as the fire is now with approx two  miles of the west side of U.S. 89.

The Sheriff's Office continues to post updates to evacuations and other safety information at http://twitter.com/sanpetesheriff. People may also follow the hashtag #woodhollowfire on Twitter.

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