SALT LAKE CITY — Firefighters are battling a small wildfire in northern Utah that may have started by sparks from a train.

Weber Fire District Marshal Brandon Thueson said Tuesday the blaze is less than 1 square mile in Weber Canyon southeast of Ogden. Thueson says it's burning on a steep, rugged hillside. It is about 20 percent contained.

No homes are threatened.

Thueson said fire investigators are working to determine the cause, but he said it started Monday afternoon around the time a train passed through the area.

The fire caused lane closures on Interstate 84 Monday. Thueson says they are trying to avoid closing lanes Tuesday.

Thueson says that high winds forecast for Tuesday afternoon could cause firefighters problems.


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