Nevada fire officials say they’re prepared but that fire season could be bad this summer

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Nevada fire officials say they’re prepared but that fire season could be bad this summer





















Officials from 13 different agencies that annually deal with wildland fires say this year could be a bad one.They made the comments at the governor’s annual wildland fire briefing.Chris Smallcomb of the National Weather Service said precipitation has been above normal, “but has not substantially reduced the drought.” What it has done, he said, is spur a lot of vegetation growth.“There’s a lot of fuel out there,” he told Gov. Brian Sandoval. “We are so green right now, so wet that it’s going to take a while for that to dry out.”But he said he expects average of higher fire  …
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