At 4:49 p.m. Carson City firefighters were dispatched to a dumpster fire on E. Fifth Street near Carson Meadows.

According to the reporting party, a wooden garbage container is on fire and is approximately two feet away from a structure.

Motorists should avoid the area.

Responders are currently enroute.

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.