Wednesday morning first update: Fire in south Carson City 15 percent contained, 500 acres
The Voltaire Fire burning in south Carson City is estimated at around 500 acres and is 15 percent contained as of around 8 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
Multiple resources are on scene and aircraft has been ordered to fight the fire after darkness grounded aircraft from fighting it on Tuesday night. The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest is the managing agency, Sierra Front Incident Management Team will take over the fire later Wednesday night, according to a news release.
Winds calmed considerably early Wednesday morning, slowing the rate of speed of the fire, which is burning on mostly U.S. Forest Service land in a mixture of both new grass around the scar area of last August’s Voltaire Canyon Fire and in heavier fuels that had not burned, said Carson City Fire Department Chief Sean Slamon.
More than 150 firefighters from throughout Northern Nevada were working on the fire overnight, including Carson City Fire Department, the U.S. Forest Service, Nevada Department of Forestry, Bureau of Land Management, Truckee Meadows, Sparks and Reno Fire, East Fork, Tahoe Douglas, North Lake Tahoe, Storey and Lyon County.
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