Multiple fires start as lightning storm passes through the Sierra and Carson City
Submitted by paula on Tue, 08/22/2017 - 4:28pm
There are several lightning caused fires currently burning in the Carson City/Carson Valley area of Nevada as well as ones at Genoa Peak and Duane Bliss Peak above Lake Tahoe.
A storm system is still in the area with multiple lightning strikes.
The largest fire is the Voltaire Canyons Fire burning behind the Fandango Theater in Carson City. According to Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center, multiple agencies have responded and 100 acres have burned as of 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. There are air and ground resources fighting the fire.
U.S. Forest Service air services responded to both the Genoa Peak and Duane Bliss Peak fires and Dave Fogerson of East Fork Fire says they are both under control.
There are also small fires at Sunrise Pass (Southeast of Carson City), Out-R-Way (Pinenuts), Eastgate (East of Fallon).
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