Carson City Fire Department called to brush fire near Stewart prison camp
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Tue, 08/28/2018 - 9:10pm
UPDATE 9:48PM: Carson City Fire Department has released some fire engines from the brush fire that started at a compost pile at the Stewart prison camp.
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In the fourth fire call of the day, Carson City Fire Department responded Tuesday night to a brush fire at the Stewart Conservation prison area on Snyder Avenue.
The call came into dispatch shortly before 9 p.m. and was said to be a compost burn pile that had grown into a large brush fire. Fire crews responded and have called for additional water tenders.
This makes the fourth fire call Tuesday for the Carson City Fire Department, which responded to numerous small brush and structure fires that were quickly extinguished.
Fires were reported Tuesday in the 700 block of Greenbriar Drive, the 1100 block of East Long Street, and a brush fire at a construction work site on Highway 50 East.
Fire danger remains high around the region, especially around Carson City, where small sparks have ignited into fires throughout the city.
Fire restrictions for the Carson City area have been in place since July 4.
Fire Restrictions Prohibit:
1. Building, maintaining, attending or using a fire (using wood, charcoal or any other material), campfire, or stove fire except a portable stove using gas or pressurized liquid fuel, outside of a developed fee campground or picnic area (except by permit).
2. Smoking, except within an enclosed vehicle or at a developed campground or picnic area.
3. Operating vehicles or other motorized equipment off of existing paved, gravel, or dirt roads.
4. Welding, or operating an acetylene torch with open flames, except by permit.
5. Using or causing to be used, any explosive, except by permit.
6. Possession or use of fireworks (always prohibited), or any other incendiary device.
7. Use of tracer rounds, steel-core ammunition or exploding targets while recreational shooting.
8. Open burning (e.g. weeds, brush and yard debris).
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