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Five Dead in a Single Family: Provo Fire Captain and His Wife and Three Sons Lost in a Utah Flash Flood
A daughter who stayed home is the sole surviving immediate family member. The flood struck a narrow canyon near Bicknell on July 17, and the state's firefighters lined the interstate four days later.
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- Five immediate family members died in the flash flood: Capt. Spencer Long, his wife Katrina, and their three sons.
- A daughter who was not on the trip is the family's sole surviving immediate member.
- The flood occurred Friday, July 17, 2026; Provo Fire & Rescue confirmed Long's death the following evening.
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- The names of the three sons and the surviving daughter, as circulated in some coverage, are not independently confirmed by the sources HeyDay reviewed.
- The exact timing of the family's arrival at the campground and the precise clock of each recovery.
- What warnings reached the family before the flood, and how those warnings were issued.
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- The Wayne County Sheriff's Office and Utah state agencies are expected to publish further detail on the search and recovery.
- Funeral arrangements for Capt. Long, his wife and their sons.
- Whether the canyon and campground will be the subject of any formal review of flash-flood procedures in southern Utah.