Carson City Fire Department knock down brush fire in Empire Ranch area
Carson City Fire Department and sheriff's deputies were called Tuesday morning to a brush fire near a residence in the Empire Ranch area east of town.
The call came into dispatch shortly before 11 a.m. of a brush fire in the 4600 block of Carter Avenue. Arriving firefighters reported a 20 foot by 20 foot brush fire that moved close to a structure and had burned a fence. It was knocked down at 11:04 a.m.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.