Utah forester: Firefighting costs this year at $110 million

Published 2:52 am Wednesday, October 17, 2018

By Staff Reports

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah State Forester Brian Cottam says the state’s wildfire season appears to be over and that it is adding up to be Utah’s most expensive ever.

KSL-TV reports that Cottam told the Utah Executive Appropriations Committee that firefighting costs this year will total $110 million. That total includes $35 million for the state and $75 million for the federal government.

Cottam said nearly 500,000 acres burned this year. That’s up significantly from the annual average of 135,000 acres in the past seven years.

The committee met Tuesday in Duquesne order to tour areas impacted by a wildfire that accounted for most of the 87 homes destroyed by wildfires this year.

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