Range Fire Update
Incident: Range Fire Wildfire
Released: 7/4/2012
Range Fire Update
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Size: 4,500 acres
Percent Contained: 40%
Resources: 4 Single Engine Air Tankers; 3 Helicopters; 9 Engines; 6 Hand Crews; 1 Water Tenders, 1 Bulldozer
Total Personnel: 216
Firefighters have the 4,500-acre Range Fire 40-percent contained. Full containment is expected Thursday evening, July 5. Firefighters are using all available resources to suppress the fire for public and firefighter safety, and to protect resources.
The fire started shortly after noon on Monday, July 2, about three miles northeast of Ely, Nev., and is burning in steep, rugged terrain, consuming pinion-juniper, mountain mahogany, and sagebrush and grasses. No homes are threatened. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
Firefighters yesterday secured the western edge of the fire. There were some short runs and spotting in the higher elevations. Firefighters responded with helicopter water drops. Firefighters today will continue to secure the fire perimeter and begin rehabilitation.
Ely and McGill residents can expect to see occasional smoke from the fire in the higher elevations and wind-driven ash and soil in the lower elevations.
Assisting the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Ely District are the Ely Volunteer Fire Department, White Pine County Fire Protection District, White Pine County Sheriff's Department, Nevada Division of Forestry and Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest, Ely Ranger District. The BLM also thanks area residents for their cooperation and support.
Provided there are no changes, the next Range Fire update will be tomorrow morning, Thursday, July 5.
For more information, go to http://bit.ly/LTDfK9 or contact Patti Bute, BLM Ely District fire information officer, at (775) 289-1905 or pbute@blm.gov
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