1 injured in large fire at Eagle Mountain condominium
Aug 26, 2025, 6:41 AM | Updated: 8:58 am
EAGLE MOUNTAIN — One person was hospitalized after a large fire broke out at their condominium in Eagle Mountain on Tuesday in the middle of the night, forcing 12 units to evacuate.
Residents recounted the frantic scene they found themselves in at Willow Springs Condos at 8043 N. Ridge Loop just before 1 a.m. on Tuesday. The large flames had engulfed the second and third floors, and eventually the roof and attic too.
According to the UFA, six police officers were also treated for smoke inhalation at the scene after they ran inside to help evacuate the building. A resident on the first floor, Corbin White, said he awoke to see the flames and began kicking in his neighbor’s doors to warn them.
“I went up there, realized that their place was catching fire, so that’s when I kicked in the door seven or eight times, kicked it in,” he said. “And by the time I kicked it in, it was like, the smoke was non-visible to like my stomach area — you couldn’t see anything.”
At one point, one person was trapped on the third floor and lost consciousness. Fire crews utilized a ladder that went up from the ground to the third story to rescue them, and they were flown to the University of Utah’s burn center. As of approximately 6 a.m., the person was awake.
“The size of the fire — it was very large. It was burning throughout the entire attic space,” said Kelly Bird, with UFA.
Bird said later the crews were beginning to enter the building, but they would be unable to assess the damage until the sun came up.
The Red Cross was at the scene on Tuesday morning to help the people who were evacuated and were displaced. As of 6 a.m., there was not a total count of how many units were destroyed.
This is a developing story. It may be updated.
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