Residents gain insights about Yellow Lake Fire as it continues to grow [Video]

TABIONA, Utah — The Yellow Lake Fire continues to burn in the Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest.

Pat Russell, the operation section chief with California Incident Management Team 2 said Monday that the fire has burned around 31,200 acres and is 29% contained.

More than 800 personnel are currently battling the blaze.

Monday night, a community meeting was held at Tabiona High School. Roughly 35 to 40 residents sat in the bleachers in the high school’s gymnasium as fire officials and law enforcement spoke about where the fire stands now.

One of those residents was Tina Zufelt.

“We live in North Fork road and it’s right up in here, my mother-in-law right up in here, and I live right down a little bit lower than her,” Zufelt pointed out on a map.

Zufelt said she and a handful of her family members received a knock at the door on Oct. 5, saying they had to evacuate because of the Yellow Lake Fire.

“Well, I mean, it’s almost …