Quick response by store manager quells Whole Foods fire

Marina Knight
Mar 27, 2025

Park City Fire Department trucks outside Whole Foods Thursday morning. Photo: Laura M |TownLift

PARK CITY, Utah – Park City Fire District responded to a fire at Whole Foods in Kimball Junction Thursday morning after a entrance heater caught on fire.

Fire District Marshal Mike Owens said cashiers at the front of the store noticed the smoke and the store’s manager was able to extinguish the flames with a nearby fire extinguisher.

“The quick response made all the difference,” Owens said.

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Marina Knight began her career in journalism working for The Stowe Reporter in 2003, where she was a staff writer and later the publication’s Web Editor. She covered the Winter Olympic Games in 2006 and 2010, and has worked as a freelance writer covering outdoor topics as well as art criticism. Most recently, Knight was Editor-in-Chief of SkiRacing.com. She has won multiple awards from the New England Newspaper Association for environmental reporting, feature writing and art criticism. She lives with her family in Park City. In her free time you’ll find her in the mountains

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