Workers rushed to shore up a rural Utah dam after a 60-foot crack sent water pouring into a creek and endangering the 1,800 residents of a downstream city.

Workers hurriedly tried to shore up a rural Utah dam after a 60-foot (18-meter) crack opened and sent water pouring into a creek and endangering the 1,700 residents of a downstream town.

State officials are seeking to rapidly repair a 60-foot crack in the Panguitch Lake Dam in southwest Utah as law enforcement remains prepared to evacuate in case of a disaster.

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Workers hurriedly tried to shore up a rural Utah dam Wednesday after a 60-foot crack opened and sent water pouring into a creek and endangering residents nearby.

Officials have shut down a portion of a Utah scenic byway and are limiting access to Panguitch Lake after they discovered cracks in the upper portion of Panguitch Lake Dam on Monday.

Water pouring out of crack in rural Utah dam puts nearby town at risk Crews use heavy machinery to place boulders downstream to reinforce the cracked Panguitch Lake Dam in Panguitch, Utah.

Workers hurriedly tried to shore up a rural Utah dam Wednesday after a 60-foot crack opened and sent water pouring into a creek and endangering residents nearby.

Workers hurriedly tried to shore up a rural Utah dam Wednesday after a 60-foot crack opened and sent water pouring into a creek and endangering residents nearby.