UPDATE 6:52PM: Firefighters were able to get the upper hand on the Stephanie Fire burning in northeast Douglas County, with a reported 10 acres burned. It was originally reported as 18 acres but was downsized. The cause was a vehicle. Douglas County notes there wasn’t a plane crash that had been rumored. East Fork Fire and multiple agencies responded.
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UPDATE 5:56PM: The Stephanie Fire burning in northeast Douglas County has grown to 18 acres, according to Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center.
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Firefighters in Douglas County were called late Friday afternoon to a brush fire burning in the area of Stephanie Way and East Valley Road, according to Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch Center.
The fire burning northeast of Minden, was reported at 4:24 p.m. East Fork Fire Protection District resources are responding. A brush unit and water tender from Carson City Fire Department has been requested. No word yet what sparked the fire or if structures are threatened. As of 4:57 p.m. it was about a tenth of an acre and putting up a lot of smoke.
