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U.S. Route 6 reopens, but drivers impede firefighters

Speeding cars, illegal passing force crews alongside road to stop working.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Firefighters and utility workers climb up the hill to check out the power poles, near the area where the Bear Fire burns in the mountains northwest of Helper on Wednesday, June 9, 2021. As of Friday, June 11, 2021, the blaze had topped 8,000 acres and was considered 5% contained.