By Laura Hancock and Steve Fidel Deseret Morning News KANOSH, Millard County -- By Tuesday night, the 5-day-old Milford Flat fire had grown to 329,100 acres but fire crews had achieved 30 percent containment, said Vince Mazzier, spokesman for the Type 1 National Incident Management Team.

By Laura Hancock Deseret Morning News BEAVER -- The Milford Flat Fire, just three days old, has burned 282,287 acres in southern Utah -- likely the largest blaze in state history. That's 441 square miles: more than half the area of Salt Lake County, which counts 771 square miles.

By Doug Smeath and Laura Hancock Deseret Morning N

The Milford Flat Fire, which is sweeping across central Utah, had charred 160,000 acres by late Saturday. 93 miles of I-15 and 23 of I-70 were closed due to fire and smoke. Two people were killed in an apparently fire-related motorcycle accident.