Tag: Moab

Crews respond to semi-truck fire, separate house fire in Moab

MOAB, Utah (ABC4) — Crews responded to several fires in Moab on Tuesday, with one fire spreading to the surrounding brush and another affecting a home. Just after 11 a.m. on Tuesday morning, crews received a report of a semi-truck on fire on an exit ramp. The truck caught fire on the eastbound Crescent Junction […]

Search for missing Moab couple changes from ‘rescue’ to ‘recovery’

MOAB, Utah (ABC4) — The search for a missing Moab couple has officially transitioned from a ‘rescue’ mission to a ‘recovery’ one, according to Grand County Sheriff Jamison Wiggins. Ray and Maranda Ankofski have been missing since June 21 after they traveled the Steel Bender off-road trail in Grand County. A search for the couple […]

2 Moab men save family of 3 from drowning

MOAB, Utah (ABC4) — “Saving lives sometimes comes down to being in the right place at the right time.” That’s what the Grand County Sheriff’s Search and Rescue posted on social media after two Moab men saved a family of three when their kayak capsized on the rushing Colorado River. A 40-year-old man was kayaking […]

Forecaster ‘flabbergasted’ by massive Moab avalanche

MOAB, Utah (ABC4) — A forecaster with the Utah Avalanche Center said he was flabbergasted by the second-largest avalanche he had ever seen over the weekend. In a video posted on Sunday, Jan. 4, Eric Trenbeath said 11 inches of snow and one inch of water fell in the Gold Basin area near Moab within […]