A large fire that torched the marshland of Farmington Bay Friday afternoon has since died down considerably.
The Legacy Fire was sparked by lightning around 2:30 p.m. and kept firefighters and residents of Kaysville and Farmington on edge for hours.
In an update posted Friday night, Kaysville Fire confirmed no homes were damaged by the flames and no injuries were reported as a result of the fire.
Fire crews initially had difficulty accessing the fire because it was burning in the phragmite plants in the marshland, and there were no roads to get to where the flames were burning. Through the afternoon, the flames progressed east toward neighborhoods on the west side of Davis County.
Officials hooked up hoses to fire hydrants to prepare in case they needed to defend homes from fires. At around 7:00 p.m., driving winds pushed the fire rapidly toward neighborhoods. Fire crews were ready to defend homes and some infrastructure sites in the area
The storm also dumped rain on the fire which helped knock down some of the flames.
By 9:00 p.m., there were few flames visible to the west of Farmington, and fire officials said the fire was contained to areas where it was unlikely to spread.
The fire produced a large plume of smoke that was visible from most of the Wasatch Front and dispatch centers were flooded with 911 calls related to the fire.
No homes were evacuated as a result of the Legacy Fire, according to fire officials.
Fire officials estimate the fire has burned 300 acres, but they hope to get a more accurate estimate of the fire Saturday morning.
Power was knocked out for some areas of Farmington and Kaysville, but the Rocky Mountain Power website did not show any outages in the area by Friday night.