Firefighters are battling the expanding Larson fire west of Coleville near Highway 395 and Larson Lane.
The fire has grown to 65 acres and is burning in pinon juniper and heavy brush.
Structures are threatened by the fire and 13 fire engines were ordered to cover buildings in the town located south of Gardnerville.
Highway 395 is under traffic controls while firefighters battle the blaze.
Fire Information Officer Franklin Pemberton reported there is no estimate of containment or control on the fire.
Two air tankers, helicopters and hand crews are presently working on the fire. Bands of rain have been moving over the fire and it is burning on a steep down slope.
A Type 3 Team that was working the Industrial fire in Mound House has been reassigned south to Coleville.
The Coleville fire is one of nine currently burning on the Sierra Front. At least two fires are burning in the Double Springs and Leviathan Road area. There are also small fires burning on Kingsbury Grade.
Genoa firefighters responded to an address on Genoa Meadows Circle where it was reported a lightning bolt knocked a hole in a roof at about 5:30 p.m.
No fire or injuries from the bolt were reported.
