Carson City Firefighters and Truckee Meadows Firefighters were called to a reported brush fire in the area or Franktown Road and Old 395.

Both agencies are en route as of 7.26 p.m.

Motorists should avoid the area if possible.

Kelsey is a fourth-generation Nevadan, English professor and investigative journalist working in the Sierras. More importantly, she is an advocate of high desert agriculture and rescue dogs.