About 200 firefighters are battling a wildfire along the California-Nevada line that destroyed one home and temporarily closed Interstate 80. Fire officials said Monday that the flames continue to threaten hundreds of homes just west of Reno.
RENO , Nev. — About 200 firefighters were battling a wildfire Monday along the California- Nevada line Monday that destroyed one home, temporarily closed Interstate 80 and continued to threaten hundreds of homes just west of Reno .
Crews made significant progress overnight keeping the fire from growing and the interstate connecting Reno to Sacramento and San Francisco was reopened. Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District spokesman Adam Mayberry estimated that about 400 homes in the area were threatened “or could be threatened should the fire spread.”
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