Nevada Fires

Firefighter Bill Harris, with the Lakeview Helitack crew from Lakeview, Ore., fights the Linehan Fire at the top of Goni Canyon in Carson City, Nev., Tuesday, June 27, 2006. More than two dozen wildfires are raging in northern Nevada, where lightning is blamed for starting about a quarter of them.

A Single Engine Air Tanker (S.E.A.T.) plane drops retardant on the Linehan Fire at the top of Goni Canyon in Carson City, Nev., Tuesday, June 27, 2006.

The Linehan Complex Fire burns near Carson City, Nev., Monday, June 26, 2006. More than two dozen wildfires are raging in northern Nevada, where lightning is blamed for starting about a quarter of them. The Moonlite Bunny Ranch, a legal brothel, is among the approximately 300 businesses and homes in danger east of Carson City.

The Linehan Complex Fire burns toward Carson City, Nev., Monday, June 26, 2006, in Carson City, Nev. More than two dozen wildfires are raging in northern Nevada, where lightning is blamed for starting about a quarter of them. The Moonlite Bunny Ranch, a legal brothel, is among the approximately 300 businesses and homes in danger east of Carson City.

Matthew Roberts tries to keep his friend's backyard fence wet at the end of Red Rock Road as he watches the Linehan Complex fire burn in Mound House, Nev., Monday, June 26, 2006. More than two dozen wildfires raged in northern Nevada, where lightning is blamed for starting about a quarter of them.

Firefighters watch as trees explode into flames as the Linehan Complex fire burns at the end of Tank Drive and Cygnet Road in Mound House, Nev., Monday, June 26, 2006. More than two dozen wildfires raged in northern Nevada, where lightning is blamed for starting about a quarter of them.

Rocky Polito hits a shot on the driving range at Eagle Valley Golf Course in Carson City, Nev., while the Linehan Complex Fire burns on a hill in the background, Monday, June 26, 2006. More than two dozen wildfires raged in northern Nevada, where lightning is blamed for starting about a quarter of them.

A tree bursts into flames on a hillside as the Oregon Fire burns near homes in the Lemmon Valley area north of Reno, Nev., Monday, June 26, 2006. More than two dozen wildfires raged in northern Nevada, where lightning is blamed for starting about a quarter of them.

An inmate crew works to control the Oregon fire that is threatening homes north of Reno, Nev., on Monday, June 26, 2006. More than two dozen wildfires raged in northern Nevada, where lightning is blamed for starting about a quarter of them.

Jennifer Bourne moves her dogs to a vehicle as flames behind her from the Oregon Fire threaten her home near Reno, Nev., Monday, June 26, 2006. Helping her move the four dogs was friend Eric Yohey. More than two dozen wildfires raged in northern Nevada, where lightning is blamed for starting about a quarter of them.

A large plume of smoke rises from the Balls Canyon fire burning north of Reno, Nev., Monday, June 26, 2006. More than two dozen wildfires raged in northern Nevada, where lightning is blamed for starting about a quarter of them.

Nevada Division of Forestry firefighters run to their crew trucks as the Elburz Fire approaches after a sudden wind shift near Elburz, Nev., Sunday, June 25, 2006.