A large fire burned quickly through an apartment complex under construction in the Traverse Mountain Area of Lehi early Sunday. Flames from the fire could be seen for miles as it burned near Point of the Mountain on North Windscape Drive along Interstate 15. In total, three buildings in the “high-density” housing development were burned. They included two apartment buildings and a clubhouse.
James Wilson, the senior superintendent for Wood Partners’ “Alta Vista” project, said there were going to be 304 apartments built. He said there is 24/7 security at the site and multiple cameras, and he’s “at a loss” as to how it could have started.
“My security guard said he had just made a round around the building and there was absolutely nothing,” Wilson said. “He got to the other end of the site, turned around and looked back, and he said he saw smoke and the flames starting.” He added that there are no heat sources on the site. The buildings were at various stages of the framing process.
