Favorable Weather Aids Effort to Battle Wildfires
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Aided by favorable weather conditions, firefighters gained the upper hand on the state’s first major wildfires of the season.
A 790-acre fire in the hills near Gardnerville was 70% contained, and firefighters hoped to fully contain it this morning.
A 200-acre blaze on public land east of Fallon was extinguished.
Lightning touched off both blazes. Although the fire near Gardnerville burned within a mile of several homes, neither blaze caused any major damage or injuries.
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