The agreement gives the Red Cross access to the La Sal Community Center on Highway 46 for emergency sheltering. In the face of the Deer Creek Fire forcing evacuations and destroying structures, the need for emergency shelters becomes even more apparent.

The wildfire season in Utah has been particularly active, with over 71,000 acres burned this year, just 20,000 acres short of what burned all of last year, FOX 13 reported.

BREAKING: Incredibly-rare FIRE TORNADO in Utah officially rated an EF2 vortex by the National Weather Service! 🔥 The FIRE TORNADO had winds up to 122 mph, making it only the third EF2+ tornado to occur in the state of Utah since the year 2000. This was associated with the… pic.twitter.com/ikgxfMIvAl

The Deer Creek fire burning in San Juan County is now 7% contained and has burnt about 12,906 acres, according to the latest information posted by the Utah Department of

LA SAL, San Juan County — No injuries were reported, but a fire engine was damaged when a massive "fire vortex" formed within a fire burning in southeast Utah over the weekend. A massive fire vortex damaged a fire engine during Utah's Deer Creek Fire. The fire has burned over 10,000 acres and remains 0% contained, with evacuations ongoing.

A hot and dry summer has led to multiple wildfires across the West, including in Utah, where firefighters are battling eight such large blazes, scorching over 60,000 acres.