North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District firefighters found a body inside a structure, after battling an apartment blaze for more then an hour, in Incline village early Sunday Morning

More than 9,000 homes are without power this morning in the Douglas County and Carson City areas.

The Alder fire is burning about 25 miles southwest of lake Tahoe, on the south side of Highway 50 in the Eldorado National Forest near Sand Flat campground.

North Lake Tahoe Fire Protection District firefighters battled an apartment blaze for more then an hour in Incline village early this morning.

The Alder fire is burning about 25 miles southwest of lake Tahoe, near Silver Fork.

Fire crews spent the night fighting the Jackpot fire that started last night around 8pm in a remote area of Cold Springs.

The Bureau of Land Management says the Virginia Mountain Complex of five fires is 100 percent contained. Sierra Front says firefighters checked the perimeter, of the Anderson and Tule Fires, which are still burning but not spreading, and a burn area emergency response team is coming in to assess the damage, and get rehabilitation efforts underway, with the goal of limiting erosion, and stopping the spread of noxious weeds. The estimated total acreage of the five fires is about 62 thousand acres. The fires were sparked by lightning July 28th, about 35 miles north of Reno.

The Nevada Highway Patrol says a 'person of interest' has been interviewed concerning at least one of the reported cases of a man impersonating a police officer and conducting illegal traffic stops. He was interviewed about an alleged illegal attempted traffic stop on southbound I-580 near the Mount Rose Highway Wednesday. That incident was the latest in a string of similar events on local roadways in recent days. In each, a man driving a Ford F-150 with flashing red and blue lights inside the windshield--stopped or tried to stop motorists on some pretense and--after inspecting their vehicle--demanded money.

A pedestrian is dead after he was struck by a vehicle on McCarran Boulevard between Sutro Street and Evans Avenue. Reno Police say the man was walking in the road in a poorly-lit area and was struck by a driver going east on McCarran Boulevard around 11:30 last night. The two occupants in the vehicle sustained minor injuries. They were both treated on scene. Police say they are cooperating with the investigation. Police say the driver had been drinking and has been arrested for DUI, but they are also taking into consideration the fact that the victim was walking outside a crosswalk in the dark.

The Nevada Highway Patrol says a 'person of interest' has been interviewed concerning at least one of the reported cases of a man impersonating a police officer and conducting illegal traffic stops. He was interviewed about an alleged illegal attempted traffic stop on southbound I-580 near the Mount Rose Highway Wednesday. That incident was the latest in a string of similar events on local roadways in recent days. In each, a man driving a Ford F-150 with flashing red and blue lights inside the windshield--stopped or tried to stop motorists on some pretense and--after an inspecting their vehicle--demanded money.