Raging Forest Fire Threatens Homes
Times Staff and Wire Reports
A raging forest fire forced evacuations of 54 homes in Susanville on Monday, charring 3,500 acres as firefighters worked to keep it from reaching town.
The blaze was started Sunday on private timberland by a man shooting targets in the woods, said state Department of Forestry spokeswoman Wendy McIntosh. The man has been cited, but his name was not available Monday.
The fire came within a mile of town, and 35% of it was contained, she said.
Susanville is about 80 miles northwest of Reno.
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