Nevada brush fire closes highway, prompts evacuations

19 January 2012, 3:59 pm

(Reuters) - A wind-driven brush fire flared south of Reno, Nevada, on Thursday, prompting the evacuation of an elementary school and nearby homes and belching thick smoke that forced the closure of a stretch of a major highway, state police said. Trooper Mike Edgell told Reuters that an 8-mile portion of U.S. Highway 395, the main north-south route connecting Reno to Nevada's capital, Carson ...... Read More »

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