(Originally published at 12:55 p.m. July 13, 2013)
The Carpenter 1 Fire has been burning since July 1 and in those 13 days has grown to 27,881 acres. Over those two weeks it has moved to within 9 miles of the western suburbs of Las Vegas but was relatively quiet Friday due to higher relative humidities and as much as half an inch of rain that fell on the southeast portion of the fire.
Today structure protection will continue in Kyle Canyon and at the Harris and Prospect Ranches. Firefighters will construct fire line and will cold trail along the South Loop ridge line on the north and west side of the fire. The forecast for Saturday calls for warmer and drier weather with the possibility of isolated thunderstorms in the afternoon.
One commercial building and five out buildings burned at the Prospect Ranch on July 9.
Rich Harvey’s Type 1 Incident Management Team is calling the fire 45 percent contained.
