Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Fire lookouts have spent more than a century in towers above the western United States keeping watch for smoke. Now, artificial intelligence can do the same.
On July 17, a camera on Lewis Peak in northern Summit County spotted a smoldering, lightning-caused fire.
It was several miles north of the Tollgate Canyon area and west of Hoytsville. Battalion Chief Tyler Rowser said North Summit Fire District crews were quickly able to extinguish it.
Fire lookouts have spent more than a century in towers above the western United States keeping watch for smoke. Now, artificial intelligence can do the same.
On July 17, a camera on Lewis Peak in northern Summit County spotted a smoldering, lightning-caused fire.
It was several miles north of the Tollgate Canyon area and west of Hoytsville. Battalion Chief Tyler Rowser said North Summit Fire District crews were quickly able to extinguish it.
