Out-of-control wildfire kills three

An out-of-control wildfire in the Ashley National Forest near Roosevelt has burned 14,000 acres and claimed the lives of three people. A spokesman for the Ashley National Forest confirmed the deaths of George Houston, 64, and his son Tracy Houston, 42, of Neola. The Hullinger Mortuary in Roosevelt identified the third man as Roger Roberson, 75, who died after being flown to Salt Lake City for treatment. Chris Nelson, public information officer for University Hospital, said a man flown there for treatment died Saturday at 2 a.m. The victims were overcome by the blaze in an area called Farm Creek, which is near Whiterocks, where they had gone to get hay, according to Lewis Haynes, a fire information officer for Ashley National Forest, said Saturday. "They were not firefighters, they were civilians," Haynes said. "I don't know of any structures lost at this point, but getting on the ground, that could change." Uintah County Sheriff Jeff Merrell said the victims were apparently overcome by smoke. The blaze, which was sparked by a powerline about 9 a.m. Friday, is burning on state, federal, tribal and private lands northeast of Neola. About 14,000 acres had burned by Saturday morning, according to the Uintah Basin Interagency Fire Center. Haynes said the fire started on tribal land and is now burning on national forest property. He called it "zero percent" controlled. By Saturday afternoon, the fire had begun moving up into more moutainous terrain where large trees will provide more fuel....