Hundreds of people forced from their southern Utah homes near the country's largest active wildfire headed home Friday and prepared for
a subdued Fourth of July celebration after nearly two weeks of fear and uncertainty.The fire cut a wide swathe of destruction, blackening more than 92 square miles (238 square kilometers), but left other parts of the mountainous area green and untouched."The
damage just takes your breath away," said Julie Saemisch, who was at her granddaughter's fifth grade graduation when she was told she could not return to her home in the ski resort town of Brian Head and was evacuated... |