Hiv And Aids | evacuation Orders Lifted As Nevada Wildfire Is Contained
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January 19, 2012: A house burns just south of the Old 395 Gas Station in Washoe Valley, Nev. Winds gusting up to 82 mph pushed a fast-moving brush fire south of Reno out of control on Thursday as it burned several homes, threatened dozens more and forced more than 4,000 people to evacuate their neighborhoods.
NEW WASHOE CITY, Nev. — Evacuation orders were lifted Saturday for thousands of residents south of Reno Nev., as crews contained a massive brush fire that left one person dead and destroyed 29 homes.
The brush fire in Washoe — about 20 miles south of Reno — was considered 100 percent contained as of 6:00am local time, according to Sierra Fire Protection District spokesman Mark Regan.
Regan said all evacuation requirements were lifted at 8:00am local time, according to the Reno Gazette-Journal. Two thousand people had been waiting to return home as firefighters gained control of the blaze.
At the height of the fire, which broke out midday Thursday, more than 10,000 people had been forced to evacuate.
The fire was fanned by strong winds and
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