Nevada Wildfire Remains Out of Control, Burns 30,000 Acres
Steep, rugged terrain hampered firefighters Sunday in their battle against a 30,000-acre blaze near Winnemucca--the state’s largest wildfire of the season so far.
The Kelly Creek fire 200 miles northeast of Reno was the latest in a series of lightning-caused wildfires that have blackened more than 45,000 acres across northern Nevada over the last week.
No homes were threatened or damaged. No injuries were reported.
Rodney Lowrie, team leader of the Nevada Interagency Fire Prevention Team, said fire conditions are much worse than normal.
“Conditions are not unlike last year” when wildfires scorched more than 1.6 million acres across Nevada, the state’s worst wild land fire season on record, he said.
“We could be in for the worst fire season in northern Nevada’s history.”
Last year, six of the top 10 Western wildfires were in Nevada, with five in the northern part of the state.
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