Pentagon paying Utah homeowners for fire losses [View All]

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Source: Associated Press (via HuffPo)

SALT LAKE CITY — The U.S. Department of Defense is paying homeowners for losses from a wildfire that started at a Utah Army National Guard base and swept into a Salt Lake City suburb, a military official said Friday.

The Defense Finance and Accounting Service set up shop at Herriman's city hall Friday, five days after machine gun fire at Camp Williams sparked the blaze.

Claims from about 200 people were being paid "on the spot," and more claims were being filed, said Utah National Guard Lt. Col. Hank McIntire.

"This kind of government response is unprecedented," McIntire said Friday. "It's not what people typically expect from the government. We're glad to break that stereotype."

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20100924/us-utah-wildfires/