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Utah fire captain and four family members killed in flash flooding

Flash flooding prompts evacuations in Utah
  • Five family members, including a Provo fire captain, his wife and their three sons, died in a flash flood in a southern Utah canyon.
  • The family was hiking at Sunglow Campground near Bicknell, Utah, on Friday when sudden, heavy rains caused the fatal flooding.
  • Emergency responders discovered the body of a young male late Friday night, with the remaining four bodies recovered later that night and into Saturday.
  • The victims were identified as Captain Spencer Long, his wife Katrina and their sons Reid, Thayne and Gage; a daughter, Lydia, survived as she did not join the excursion.
  • A GoFundMe page has been organized by a family friend to support Lydia, raising roughly $218,000 of its $250,000 goal.
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