Update: 1:20 p.m., brush rigs from East Fork and Truckee Meadows have been called.

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Just after 1 p.m. Wednesday, a brush fire was reported in the 4000 block of Lepire Drive

As of 1:15 p.m., approximately a half an acre has burned.

Updates to follow.

Avoid the area.

Kelsey is a fourth-generation Nevadan, investigative journalist and college professor working in the Sierras. She is an advocate of high desert agriculture, rescue dogs, and analog education.