ELKO – Firefighters responded to a vehicle fire on the Jiggs Highway this week and a wildland fire in Ruby Valley.
The vehicle fire near South Fork on Wednesday also burned into adjacent wildland but was held to less than an eighth of an acre. When Elko County Fire Protection District’s Station 21 arrived on the scene the pickup was already completely in flames. Also involved in fighting the blaze were Ten Mile volunteers.
Wildland firefighters responded Tuesday afternoon to a blaze in Ruby Valley. It was contained at eight-tenths of an acre.
The first two fires of August followed an average of one blaze per day in July. Many were held to a fraction of an acre; the largest burned more than 21,000 acres south of Jarbidge.
As the week drew to a close, rain was falling across Elko County and areas north and south of the city of Elko were under a flood advisory.
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The extended forecast calls for clearing on Sunday but more thunderstorms returning by mid-week.