RENO, Nev. (AP) — Officials say that a truck towing trailer caused a northwest Nevada fire that was 100 percent contained Saturday.
Bureau of Land Management ranger and fire investigator Scott Fischer says a firefighter saw a truck traveling on a highway with sparks shooting from the back of the vehicle on Friday before the Cold Springs fire started. He says the sparks led to at least seven fires over about a half-mile.
The fire burned over 2 square miles.
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Officials have not identified the driver or the vehicle.
Officials are looking for the witnesses who tried to alert the driver of the sparks.