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South Piute Agency firefighter Duke Fox prepares water boxes for drinking and other supplies to assist firefighters on the fire line at the Iron County Fairgrounds in Parawan, Utah, Monday, June 19, 2017, to put out a wildfire burning north of the southern Utah ski town of Brian Head. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Utah County firefighters get ready to roll out for the day on the fire line, Monday, June 19, 2017, to put out a wildfire burning north of the southern Utah ski town of Brian Head. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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From left, Twin Falls, Idaho, firefighters Tenli Bright and Kori Neiwirth get ready to roll out for the day on the fire line, Parawan, Utah, Monday, June 19, 2017. Utah firefighters were battling a wildfire Monday that shut down a highway and forced hundreds of people to flee a ski town as crews in New Mexico mop up another blaze amid scorching heat in the Southwest U.S. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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In this June 18, 2017, photo, helicopter crews put out hot spots as night falls in Utah. Firefighters in Utah were battling a wildfire Monday that shut down a highway and forced hundreds of people to flee a ski town as crews in New Mexico mop up another blaze amid scorching heat in the Southwest U.S. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Lolo Interagency Hotshot firefighter Martin Norman from Missoula, Mont. gets ready to roll out for the day with his crew of 20 firefighters on the fire line, Monday, June 19, 2017, in Parawan, Utah. Firefighters in Utah were battling a wildfire Monday that shut down a highway and forced hundreds of people to flee a ski town as crews in New Mexico mop up another blaze amid scorching heat in the Southwest U.S. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Firefighting crews get ready to roll out for the day on the fire line, Monday, June 19, 2017, to put out a wildfire burning north of the southern Utah ski town of Brian Head, Utah. Utah firefighters were battling a wildfire Monday that shut down a highway and forced hundreds of people to flee a ski town as crews in New Mexico mop up another blaze amid scorching heat in the Southwest U.S. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Firefighting crews get ready to roll out for the day on the fire line from base camp at the Iron County Fairgrounds, Monday, June 19, 2017. Utah firefighters were battling a wildfire Monday that shut down a highway and forced hundreds of people to flee a ski town as crews in New Mexico mop up another blaze amid scorching heat in the Southwest U.S. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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Firefighting crews are served breakfast before they head out for the day on the fire line from the Iron County Fairgrounds in Parawan, Utah, Monday, June 19, 2017. Utah firefighters were battling a wildfire Monday that shut down a highway and forced hundreds of people to flee a ski town as crews in New Mexico mop up another blaze amid scorching heat in the Southwest U.S. (Leah Hogsten/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
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A construction worker welds a steel awning in the heat of the afternoon sun on a building in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, June 19, 2017. A heatwave in the southwest and California is creating a public health hazard. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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Construction workers try to shade themselves from the direct sun while welding a steel awning on a building in downtown Los Angeles on Monday, June 19, 2017. A heatwave in the southwest and California is creating a public health hazard. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel)
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FILE- In this July 6, 2000, file photo, Pilot Rock rises into the clouds in the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument near Lincoln, Ore. A federal judge has given the Trump administration more time to review federal monument designations made by previous presidents before it responds to a lawsuit brought by two timber companies against President Barack Obama's expansion of the Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, according to court documents viewed Monday, June 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Jeff Barnard, File)
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People attend a vigil outside the apartment where Charleena Lyles lived, Sunday, June 18, 2017. Seattle police are investigating the fatal shooting by two officers of the woman family members say was pregnant and struggling with mental health issues. (Genna Martin/seattlepi.com via AP)
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People walk past a makeshift memorial for UPS driver and shooting victim Wayne Chan on Haight Street Monday, June 19, 2017, in San Francisco. A San Francisco man wounded in a shooting at a UPS warehouse that left four dead was on crutches Monday and still struggling to figure out why a fellow driver brought a gun to work last week and shot dead three drivers, including Chan. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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A makeshift memorial for UPS driver and shooting victim Wayne Chan is seen on Haight Street, Monday, June 19, 2017, in San Francisco. A San Francisco man wounded in a shooting at a UPS warehouse that left four dead was on crutches Monday and still struggling to figure out why a fellow driver brought a gun to work last week and shot dead three drivers, including Chan. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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People walk past a makeshift memorial for UPS driver and shooting victim Wayne Chan on Haight Street Monday, June 19, 2017, in San Francisco. A San Francisco man wounded in a shooting at a UPS warehouse that left four dead was on crutches Monday and still struggling to figure out why a fellow driver brought a gun to work last week and shot dead three drivers, including Chan. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
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This Monday, June 19, 2017 photo provided by the Wyoming Department of Transportation shows water from the flooded Wind River in Fremont County flowing over Highway U.S. 26 in Kinnear, Wyo. The highway was closed to traffic in both directions. Several small state highways nearby were also closed because of the high water. Rain over the weekend caused flooding along rivers and streams already running high from mountain snowmelt. (Wyoming Department of Transportation)
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FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2015 file photo, fish swim over a patch of bleached coral in Hawaii's Kaneohe Bay off the island of Oahu. American scientists announced Monday, June 19, 2017, that a record global coral reef bleaching event has finally ended after three deadly years.About three-quarters of the world’s delicate coral reefs were damaged or killed by hot water in what scientists say was the largest coral catastrophe in severity, time and amount of area affected. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones, File)
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Charleena Lyles's aunt Laurie Davis and oldest sister Monika Williams hold each other as several dozen people attend a vigil outside the apartment building where Charleena Lyles lived, Sunday, June 18, 2017. Seattle police are investigating the fatal shooting by two officers of the woman family members say was pregnant and struggling with mental health issues. (Genna Martin/seattlepi.com via AP)
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Laurie Davis, an aunt of Charleena Lyles, cries and hugs another family member as several dozen people attend a vigil outside the apartment building where Charleena lived, Sunday, June 18, 2017. Seattle police are investigating the fatal shooting by two officers of a woman family members say was pregnant and struggling with mental health issues. (Genna Martin/seattlepi.com via AP)
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Bret Howser, Brian Head's town manager, shows the area on a map north of town where a wildfire burns, Sunday, June 18, 2017, in Brian Head, Utah. Firefighters were hoping to have a blaze near a southwestern Utah ski town 10 percent contained by Sunday. Some 750 residents and visitors have been evacuated. No injuries have been reported.Leah Hogsten /The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)