Slide Fire containment efforts underway, FAA investigates aircraft crash
Submitted by Jeff Munson on Mon, 09/03/2018 - 8:30am
The Slide Fire that began Sunday afternoon north of Carson City on Slide Mountain following a crash involving an aircraft is now 80 acres and 10 percent contained, the U.S. Forest Service reported Monday morning.
The fire continues to burn timber, brush in steep terrain. Today, firefighters continue to secure and reinforce containment lines.
The specific cause of the fire is under investigation, but Ian Gregor, Public Affairs Manager with the Federal Aviation Administration, said in an email that an unidentified aircraft crashed under unknown circumstances in the area where the fire occurred.
For the next several days, the public will see occasional smoke from flare up of fuels burning out. The fire’s interior has pockets of excessive fuels. These flare ups are well within containment lines. Please do not report them as firefighters are on scene and working them.
There is a total of 160 personnel on the Slide Fire. Resources include eight engines, four hand crews, four helicopters, and numerous overhead. Additional air resource will be used if needed.
The Slide Fire was reported around 2:15 p.m. on Sept. 2 on the Carson Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. The fire is one mile southeast of the Winter Creek Lodge in the Slide Bowl area of the Mt. Rose Ski Resort near Reno, Nevada. No structures are currently threatened, including the Slide Mountain communication site.
Recreationists are asked to still stay out of the Brown’s Creek and Davis Creek areas. North Washoe Valley Road (Old U.S. Route 395A) has been reopened.
