Smoke rises from a fire started by a lightning strike near Jobs Peak in this Humboldt-Toiyabe Forest photo.
A half-dozen firefighters were flown in to extinguish a fire started by a lightning strike, one of two from a thunderstorm that brought high winds to Carson Valley.
The Fay fire was listed at under an acre by the Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch as of Saturday morning. Firefighters worked to extinguish the blaze through the night, according to the Humboldt-Toiyabe Forest. The Horsethief Fire was less than a tenth of an acre in size and was 65 percent contained at 6 a.m. Saturday. Firefighters hope to have the blaze contained this morning.
The Sierra Front Interagency Dispatch reported two wildfires within two miles of one another in Fay Luther Canyon at 4:46 p.m. and Horsethief Canyon at 5:43 p.m.
The storm had passed off to the north by 5 p.m.
On Friday afternoon, a 52 mph wind gust knocked branches out of trees and knocked out power to residents along Waterloo Lane.
NV Energy reports a handful of customers were without power at 3:05 p.m. after a tree fell into power lines near the old dairy.
Power was expected to be restored by 7 p.m., according to the power company web site.
About an hour after the big gust in Gardnerville, a 51 mph gust was clocked at the Nevada Department of Transportation weather monitor at Highway 395 and Genoa Lane.
Wind gusts blew shoes out of the tree along the highway and scattered branches through Minden.
A thunderstorm passed near Carson Valley sending outflow winds out and leaving two small wildfires in its wake.
