A 24-square-mile blaze has forced more than 500 people out of homes in Mount Charleston some 25 miles Northwest of Las Vegas while other fires have broken out near Reno and Kearn.
More than 750 firefighters, including 18 elite Hotshot crews, today lost more ground to the raging wildfire fire named Carpenter 1 which was sparked by lightning striking dried woodland on July 1. It comes just 24 hours after the funeral of 19 firefighters who lost their lives battling wildfires just 700 miles away near Yarnell, in Arizona on June 30.Smoke from the blaze near Mount Charleston created a towering white cloud that stretched northeast, visible from downtown Las Vegas.
The Clark County Department of Air Quality issued a health advisory that officials said would remain in effect today through Sunday.
An influx of firefighters and equipment including bulldozers, seven helicopters, four air tankers and a DC-10 jet fire retardant bomber arrived in the area as other fast-moving fires were reported across the state.
A 27-square-mile fire has burned through the Pine Nut Mountains southwest of Reno while further South salt cedar trees have caught fire along the San Pedro River bed outside the remote community of Kearn.
An influx of firefighters and equipment including bulldozers, seven helicopters, four air tankers and a DC-10 jet fire retardant bomber arrived in the area as other fast-moving fires were reported across the state.
A 27-square-mile fire has burned through the Pine Nut Mountains southwest of Reno while further South salt cedar trees have caught fire along the San Pedro River bed outside the remote community of Kearn.
