The South Summit Fire District was dispatched to the fire across from city hall around 9:20 a.m. July 24.
Fire crews from South Summit, with assistance from Park City and Wasatch County, contained the flames to Frontier Woodworks' shop, florist building and temporary structures out back.
“Took us two hours to get it under control, and we still have crews on the scene, doing overhaul, going through a lot of the fuel and finding hot spots and putting water on it,” South Summit Fire Chief Scott Thorell said Thursday afternoon. “We’ll remain on … watch tonight.”
Thorell said fire crews were able to save Frontier Woodwork’s Spring Hollow Road showroom and contain the flames to the company’s property.
He added that authorities are investigating what sparked the fire inside the woodworking shop near a dust collector machine. He estimated the damage is north of $1 million.
“The front side looks pretty normal,” the chief told KPCW. “But if you step through the front business door, the rafters — the roofing system — is sagging, and about half of that area will have to come down.”
Bystanders said owners Dusty and Raychel Hatch were out of the state when it started, but their family members assisted fire crews salvaging items from the wreckage. That included lumber, cash and flowers for a local funeral, Thorell said.
Frontier Woodworks specializes in custom doors and employs around a dozen people locally. The Farmhouse Florist is in the front of the main building that caught fire. Residents had donated more than $6,000 to an online fundraiser for the business hours after the fire began.
The Hatch family helped organize support for firefighters during the large Yellow Lake wildland fire in 2024.
Frontier Woodworks staged laundry pick-up and dropoff in its front yard for the Yellow Lake firefighters camped in the rodeo grounds across the street.
It’s the second local business to go up in flames in less than a year. The Blazzard Lumber Co. mill, 3 miles north on state Route 32 in Kamas, was a total loss in a November 2024 fire.
