Description: A fire sparked by lightning burned out of control for a fifth day Friday, forcing 520 people to evacuate their homes in small communities in the Spring Mountains near Las Vegas as firefighters on the ground struggled in steep rock terrain and an aerial assault continued from above. The Carpenter 1 fire northwest of Las Vegas grew to 9,000 acres, or 14 square miles, by early Friday afternoon, according to the Forest Service. Winds were expected to pick up and gust to 35 mph later in the day. No injuries have been reported and no structures have burned. Flames that had been inching close to homes in the Trout Canyon area were staved off by pre-emptive burns that destroyed the fire???s fuel, according to Bureau of Land Management spokeswoman Hillerie Patton, although she said the fire was zero percent contained. Smoke from the blaze blanketed the Las Vegas Valley in a gray pall, prompting Clark County officials to issue an air quality advisory through Friday.
Posted on: Sat, 06 Jul 2013 09:11:11 +0000
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