Photo by reader Tim Foraker
Photo by reader Tim Foraker

UPDATE: A reader, Sergio Nungaray, sent in the video below of the fire.

As of 6:52 p.m. units from the Sheriff’s Office were called to handle traffic in the area of Flint and Rifle Range road. The entry gates have been barred from civilian entry while the fire is contained.

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Around 6:30 p.m. Friday evening, firefighters were called to a reported brushfire near the landfill.

Black smoke could be seen rising from the area, as captured in a photograph taken by reader Tim Foraker.

Updates to follow.

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.