Wildfire activity continued in northeastern Nevada this week, while some local firefighters were helping with a larger blaze in Arizona.
An estimated 2-3 acres burned in the early morning hours Thursday off Mountain City Highway near the gravel pile at the base of the Adobe Range, approximately 300 yards from homes.
The fire, which was reported shortly before 1 a.m. and contained by 4:30 a.m., burned sagebrush, grass and Mormon crickets.
The cause of the fire has not been determined.
Meanwhile, the 3,209-acre Kinsley Fire in southern Elko and northern White Pine counties was expected to be fully contained Thursday. The fire in the Antelope Range 60 miles northeast of Ely was reported shortly before 1 p.m. June 17, and the cause is undetermined.
The Elko County Fire Protection District reported Wednesday that it sent Water Tender 21 staffed by Lead Firefighter Jeremy Neill to the Contreras wildland fire in Arizona.