Rainbow Fire News Today

A parking lot will be built at the El Rancho exit 251 where drivers get onto westbound Interstate 70.

UPDATE: 5:31 p.m. -- Crews from several fire agencies have fully contained a grass fire northeast of El Rancho Brewing Co. after fighting the flames for about two hours on a windy Labor Day afternoon.

A fire, dubbed the Rainbow Fire, broke out in an apartment building in Canyon Country on Thursday evening, filling the skies with smoke.

Regional counties and cities voted Tuesday on an array of measures from streets and parks to fire districts and schools.

Homes are being evacuated as the Rainbow Fire encompasses up to 7 acres burns on a hillside in Ogden on Tuesday afternoon.

Residents who were evacuated due to a 9-acre fire in the mouth of Ogden Canyon near the Rainbow Gardens gift shop and restaurant were allowed to return home on Tuesday night, according to information from the Ogden Fire Department and Utah Fire Info.

Firefighters are battling a 100-acre fire that started on Saturday afternoon in Tehama County.

Crews continued Sunday to make progress on the Peter Fire, which burned 304 acres and destroyed 16 buildings near Anderson.

Some residents in the far North County Rainbow community were forced to evacuate after a brush fire broke out Sunday evening.