{"id":487791,"date":"2026-02-24T14:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/487791\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T14:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:48:09","slug":"large-mulch-fire-burns-for-hours-overnight-in-woods-cross","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/487791\/","title":{"rendered":"Large mulch fire burns for hours overnight in Woods Cross"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WOOD CROSS \u2014 A large brush fire broke out late Monday that took firefighters hours to fend off, into the early hours Tuesday morning, according to the South Davis Metro Fire Department.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Chief Jeff Larsen told KSL the fire began in a pile of mulch at approximately 10:30 p.m. near 1550 W. 500 South in Woods Cross.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>About 30 firefighters responded alongside Larsen, with others from Farmington and Layton, too.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Just before 6 a.m., Larsen said there were no buildings threatened nearby, and the flames were contained. He estimated residents nearby would likely continue to see smoke for hours afterward.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. It may be updated.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We want to hear from you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;\">Have a story idea or tip? Send it to the KSL NewsRadio team <a href=\"https:\/\/kslnewsradio.com\/breaking-news\/woods-cross-mulch-fire\/2284384\/mailto:news@ksl.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/kslnewsradio.com\/subscribe-to-the-ksl-newsradio-newsletter\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/300x250_KSLRADIO_Subscribe.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/830x100_NEWSRadio_Subscribe.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WOOD CROSS \u2014 A large brush fire broke out late Monday that took firefighters hours to fend off,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487792,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4,450,451,3,452,453],"class_list":["post-487791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking-news","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487791","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487791"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487791\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487792"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487791"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487791"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487791"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}