Evacuation warnings and orders are still in place as firefighters “mop-up” debris and smaller fires.
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Evacuation orders have been extended to include South Reno as heavy winds grow the blaze and stifle some firefighting efforts on Wednesday.
Though there’s some containment, winds of more than 40 mph are expected to cause the fire to grow rapidly and move at least three miles.
The Gold Ranch Fire was 80 percent contained on Wednesday, officials said — a dramatic jump from the 8 percent containment figure reported Tuesday.
The Gold Ranch Fire has reached 674 acres, and evacuation warnings were in place Monday afternoon in Verdi.
Firefighters revealed the date by which they expect to fully contain the wildfire that erupted in the Mojave National Preserve and spread into Nevada.
The wildfire that has spread from California into Southern Nevada threatens to disrupt the fragile ecosystem in the Mojave National Preserve.
Firefighters took advantage of the calmer weather conditions to make aerial water drops and had contained three-quarters of the fire on Mount Charleston by Friday evening.
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