Fire that burned nearly 7,700 acres in White Pine County is fully contained, Bureau Land Management says
Bureau of Land Management firefighter Kenneth Fruend performs an equipment check on a chainsaw at BLM's Red Rock Fire Station Friday, June 3, 2016, in Las Vegas. (Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
A fire that burned nearly 7,700 acres in White Pine County is now fully contained, the Bureau Land Management said in a statement Monday.
The fire was first reported about 1:18 p.m. Aug. 8.
The Overland Fire has burned 7,695 acres in White Pine County, about 3 miles west of the Bald Mountain Mine or 5 miles south of the Ruby Lake National Wildlife Refuge, the statement said.
The lightning-ignited fire has been consuming pinion-juniper, brush and grasses in mule deer, elk and pronghorn antelope habitat, the release said. About 81 acres of the Greater Sage Grouse general habitat also burned.
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