A wildfire destroyed at least 10 homes and forced 4,000 people to flee as flames jumped a road and moved into a Northern California town still recovering from a devastating wildfire nearly a year ago.

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The battle is continuing against a grass fire burning on the west side of Carson City. There are 225 firefighters on scene with 23 engines, four hand crews, three water tenders and two bull dozers. The fire has charred 200 acres, and is ten percent contained. Three helicopters and two tankers will likely return to help battle the blaze tomorrow morning. Twenty homes have been evacuated in the Stewart Colony area, another 40 residences are threatened. The evacuation center is located at the Stewart Indian Facility. Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong says two men called 9-1-1 around 11:00 this morning to report they had accidentally started the fire while target shooting.

Firefighters continue battling a grass fire burning tonight on the west side of Carson City. There are 225 firefighters on scene with 23 engines, four hand crews, three water tender, two bull dozers. The fire has charred 200 acres, and is ten percent contained. Three helicopters and two tankers will likely return to help battle the blaze tomorrow morning. Twenty homes have been evacuated in the Stewart Colony area, 40 other residences are threatened. The evacuation center is located at the Stewart Indian Facility. Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong says two men called 9-1-1 around 11:00 this morning to report they had accidentally started the fire while target shooting.

Fire managers on the Shooting fire burning west of Carson City say the fire has calmed down a bit. Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong says two men called 9-1-1 around 11:00 this morning to report they had accidentally started the fire while target shooting. There are 225 firefighters on scene with 23 engines, four hand crews, three water tender, two bull dozers. The fire has charred 200 acres, and is ten percent contained. Twenty homes have been evacuated in the Stewart Colony area, 40 other residences are threatened. The evacuation center is located at the Stewart Indian Facility.

Firefighters and fire fighting resources continue arriving to battle the Shooting Fire burning on the west side of Carson City. Sheriff Ken Furlong says two men called 9-1-1 around 11:00 this morning to report they had accidentally started the fire while target shooting. There are 225 firefighters on scene with 23 engines, four hand crews, three water tender, two bull dozers, three helicopters and two air tankers. The fire has burned about 200 and is ten percent contained. Twenty homes have been evacuated in the Stewart Colony area, 40 other residences are threatened. The evacuation center is located at the Stewart Indian Facility.

Firefighters continue battling the Shooting Fire burning in the "C" Hill area near Carson City. Sheriff Ken Furlong says two men called 9-1-1 around 11:00 this morning to report they had accidentally started the fire while target shooting. There are 70 firefighters on scene with eight engines, three hand crews, one water tender, three helicopters and two air tankers. There's some confusion on the size of the fire, varying from 200 to one-thousand acres, and there is ten percent containment. As many as seventy-five structures were threatened in the Carson Indian Colony at one point and evacuations were ordered, however those evacuation orders have been lifted. Now Twenty homes have been evacuated in the Stewart Colony area, 40 other residences are threatened. The evacuation center is located at the Stewart Indian Facility.