{"id":992038,"date":"2026-08-10T00:22:20","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T00:22:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/992038\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T00:22:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T00:22:20","slug":"bug-fire-now-20-contained-some-evacuation-orders-lifted-local-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/992038\/","title":{"rendered":"Bug Fire now 20% contained, some evacuation orders lifted | Local News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sunday 8\/9 4:30 p.m. update:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District says crews have made progress on containment of the Bug Fire.<\/p>\n<p>The 6,529-acre fire is now 20% contained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All Cold Springs neighborhoods previously evacuated off White Lake and Village Pkwy areas are now open and residents may return home.<\/p>\n<p>You can see the latest evacuation zones on\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/perimetermap.com\/washoe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Perimeter Map<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Around two thousand customers in the north valleys area are without power due to the fire. in a notice to customers,\u00a0NV Energy said they shut off their equipment in the area because of its vicinity to the flames. Estimated restoration is 8 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All offramps on U.S. 395 north that were previously closed are now open.<\/p>\n<p>There are still some road closures in place:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Red Rock Road between Moya Blvd and American Flat Road<\/li>\n<li>Lemmon Drive at Ramsey Way<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are expected to remain closed at least until Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grand Sierra Resort<\/strong> is offering evacuees and fire crews a special room rate of $59 per night, with resort fees waived. Evacuees and fire crews can take advantage of the offer by visiting <a href=\"http:\/\/GrandSierraResort.com\/Evacuee\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">GrandSierraResort.com\/Evacuee<\/a> or calling the resort at 775-789-2000 and mentioning the code \u201cEVACUEE.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peppermill Reno<\/strong> is offering special rates for those evacuated through August 12 with resort fees waived. Call 866-821-9996 and mention &#8220;HEVAC.&#8221; Proof of residence required at check-in.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sunday 8\/9 morning update:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Crews worked throughout the night from the ground and air drops to protect structures.\u00a0 No structures are damaged according to Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Bug Fire is still estimated at over 6,500 acres.\u00a0 Crews will be remapping it today.<\/p>\n<p>Evacuations are still in effect.\u00a0 \u00a0They will be reevaluated throughout the day.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Offramps at White Lake Parkway and Village parkway remain closed.\u00a0 U.S. 395 is open to traffic.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday 8\/8 11 p.m. update:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fire crews are responding to a wildfire that started northwest of Cold Springs along U.S. 395 near the Nevada\/California border.<\/p>\n<p>The Bug Fire has burned an estimated 6,528 acres since starting Saturday afternoon and has moved east into Washoe County.<\/p>\n<p>The fire is currently threatening the Cold Springs area, and evacuation orders are in place. At this time, no structures have been lost.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On northbound U.S. 395, Nevada Highway Patrol has closed both the White Lake and Village Pkwy exits due to the fire.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>EVACUATION INFORMATION:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Washoe County:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Evacuate Now orders in place for portions of Cold Springs, Canyon Hills, White Lake, Silver Knolls and north of Cold Springs<\/li>\n<li>Evacuation center is available at the Evelyn Mount Community Center &#8211; 1301 Valley Rd, Reno. A trailer is set-up for small animals.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Large Animal Evacuation Center is at the Reno Livestock Event Center &#8211; 1350 N. Wells Ave, Reno. Enter through gate 2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Check<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/perimetermap.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Perimeter Map<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>for live evacuation updates in Washoe County<\/p>\n<p>                        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAQAAAAe\/WZNAAAAEElEQVR42mM8U88ABowYDABAxQPltt5zqAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==\" alt=\"Bug Fire evac map 9:40\" class=\"img-responsive lazyload full blur\" width=\"844\" height=\"662\" data- data-\/><\/p>\n<p>             <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6a78051f2c09d.image.png\" alt=\"\" aria-hidden=\"true\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"157\" width=\"200\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                    Perimeter Map<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lassen County<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Evacuation Warning has now been issued for Zone: LAS-671-B<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Sierra County<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>An Evacuation Warning has been issued for Zone: SIE-E025<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See a map and get the most current evacuation information in California at the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/protect.genasys.com\/en\/map\/39.753356%2C-120.021555?lat=39.7534&amp;lng=-120.0216&amp;z=9.8\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Genasys Protect<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sunday 8\/9 4:30 p.m. update:\u00a0 Truckee Meadows Fire Protection District says crews have made progress on containment of&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":992039,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4,3],"tags":[276,397772,19558,391345,5025,4216,397774,328003,26925,617,50,397776,2185,397775,397773,67,132,68,383032,11003,5609],"class_list":["post-992038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","category-us","tag-california","tag-cold-springs","tag-emergency-evacuation","tag-environment-of-california","tag-fire","tag-fires","tag-genasys","tag-lassen-county","tag-natural-hazards","tag-nevada","tag-news","tag-peppermill-reno","tag-reno","tag-truckee-meadows-fire-protection-district","tag-u-s-route-395-in-california","tag-united-states","tag-unitedstates","tag-us","tag-washoe-county","tag-wildfire","tag-wildfires"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117068362427690691","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=992038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/992038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/992039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=992038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=992038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=992038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}