UPDATE: Evacuation Zones Reduced North of Reno After Rains Help Contain Bug, Stallion Wildfires

Northern Nevada Fire Crews Secure 58% Containment on 93,000-Acre Bug Fire as Stallion Fire Reaches 74%

RENO, NV — Multi-agency wildland fire crews made critical strides toward suppressing two of the state’s largest active blazes on Saturday, pushing containment on the Bug Fire to 58% and the Stallion Fire to 74% across Washoe County. First igniting along U.S. Highway 395 before merging with the Fred Mountain Fire, the Bug Fire burned approximately 93,367 acres of dry sagebrush and high-desert timber along the California-Nevada state line. +-----…

Wynema Ranch, home of Eddie and Shari Floyd, burned in Bug Fire

The couple are in critical condition after suffering burns while evacuating the Bug Fire on Aug. 12.

Containment grows on Bug Fire and Stallion Fire, NV Energy restores power to all

Containment continues to grow on the Bug and Stallion Fires on Friday evening, helped by rainfall in the area.

UPDATE: Evacuation zones reduced north of Reno after rains help contain Bug, Stallion wildfires

Thursday rains helped firefighters establish better containment of the Bug Fire and the Stallion Fire north of Reno. Some residents were allowed to return home after days of evacuations.