Just got an update via work email...
Quote:
Waterfall Fire update 3:40 p.m. Thursday:
-Reports of houses involved in the Lakeview area
-Fire has entered Timberline area
-Sheriff's units ordered to leave Timberline
-Highway 395 closed
-Residents living on Lakeview and Timberline evacuated
-Record number of hand crews ordered to fight fire
-26 aircraft fighting fire, 2 military choppers on the way
-32 hand crews on scene, nearly 900 firefighters
-Fire has grown beyond the earlier estimate of 8,500 acres burned
-Nine homes, one business, eight vehicles destroyed
-Four firefighters, 1 civilian injured
-600 homes threatened
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So, uh JC and the other Carson guys, if you're coming to the meet tonight, you might want to leave now, since you'll have to go through Virginia City.
Or stay home and keep a look out for you property! Good luck and be safe!