Nevada Fires

A tanker drops retardant on the Waterfall fire in Carson City, Nev. Friday, July 16, 2004. The fire is estimated at 9,200 acres and 30 percent contained.

A sky crane helicopter drops water on the Waterfall Fire in Carson City, Nev., Friday, July 16, 2004.

A firefighter keeps watch on the Waterfall fire, July 15, 2004, in the Lakeview area north of the capital city of Carson City, Nev. Firefighters had gained partial control over the wind-whipped fire, which burned at least 14 homes and forced evacuations of hundreds of others.

Smoke from the Waterfall fire billows behind a marquee for a casino in Carson City, Nev., July 16, 2004.

A U.S. flag hangs on the mailbox of a home destroyed by the Waterfall fire in Carson City, Nev., July 16, 2004.

Flames from the Waterfall fire rise above pine trees at the Lakeview subdivision in Carson City, Nev., July 15, 2004.

A sports car burns under roof tiles of a burned-out home in Carson City, Nev., July 15, 2004.

Firefighter Bryan Howell of the North Star, Calif., fire department hoses down the remains of a burned home in Carson City, Nev., July 15, 2004.

Carson City Sheriff's Deputy Jarrod Adams protects himself from smoke while directing traffic in the Lakeview Estates area of Carson City, Nev., July 15, 2004.

Trees erupt in flames behind a home in the Lakeview Estates area of Carson City, Nev., July 15, 2004.

Smoke from the Waterfall fire is seen behind the Nevada governor's mansion in Carson City, Nev., July 15, 2004. At one point the fire burned to within half a mile of the mansion.

Smoke from the Waterfall fire billows over Carson City, Nev., July 15, 2004.

As the Waterfall fire approaches, John Roberts and his dog Mita leave their home in a neighborhood in Carson City, Nev., July 15, 2004.

The remains of a home near the top of Timberline Drive in Carson City, Nev., July 15, 2004.

Dave Best looks down into his mother's home off Kings Canyon Road, on the edge of Carson City, Nev., July 15, 2004. Best's mother, Norma Jean Best, asked him to look for a security box that held her marriage license and other important documents. Best couldn't see it but said that he would search through the rubble after the hot embers from the Waterfall fire cooled.

Shane Morton, 5, and Caitlyn Morton, 8, hand out free drinks, cookies and fruit to firefighters and volunteers battling a wildfire near Carson City, Nev., July 15, 2004. Reno firefighter Ron Loudenburg accepts a drink at left.

As the Waterfall Fire approaches, residents of the Carson City Health and Rehabilitation Center are evacuated, July 15, 2004, in Carson City, Nev.

As the Waterfall fire approaches, neighbors help evacuate the residence of Sean Richards in Carson City, Nev., July 15, 2004. The fire jumped a containment line and more than 100 homes were evacuated.

Flames bear down on homes in the Timberline area of Carson City, Nev., July 15, 2004.