The Grapevine Fire in Caliente in Lincoln County is estimated at 26,464 acres and 6 percent contained, the Bureau of Land Management said Monday in a release.
Crews have completed a fireline along the southwest portion and continue to strengthen containment features across the incident.
Hand crews are actively engaged in securing the southeast portion using direct suppression tactics where conditions allow. Structure protection near Barclay continues, personnel and equipment remain in the area should fire activity move farther north.
Grapevine Fire map by Tony Garcia
Caliente is about 140 miles north of Las Vegas.
Beaver Dam State Park remains closed, and Eagle Valley Reservoir is closed to boating until further notice.
Other Nevada wildfires
Parsnip Peak
There is zero containment of the 2,500 acres identified, 18 miles northwest of Pioche.
Burning in the remote Parsnip Peak Wilderness Area, the fire continues to challenge firefighters with extreme fire behavior and rugged terrain.
Firefighters are taking advantage of improved weather Monday by inserting helitack crews, hotshots, and smokejumpers, who parachute into remote fires, to begin constructing handline.
Dry Canyon
There is 10 percent containment of the 1,705 acres identified, 14 miles east of Pioche.
Firefighters completed dozer lines Sunday around the entire fire perimeter and strengthen containment features using hand crews, dozers, engines, and helicopter water drops. Crews will continue Monday securing fire lines and conducting mop-up operations to extinguish remaining heat near containment lines.
Kane Springs
There is 75 percent containment of the 17,042 acres identified, 17 miles southwest of Caliente.
Suppression efforts will shift to patrol, monitoring and mop-up.
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