The fires in Los Angeles have many of us in Las Vegas wondering if a similar situation could happen here, so Channel 13 checked in with the Mt. Charleston Fire Protection District to learn more about the wildfire risk in the valley and up in the Spring Mountains.
Earlier this week , Channel 13’s Climate Reporter Geneva Zoltek explored the concept of Wildland Urban Interfaces surrounding the Las Vegas metro area and their elevated risk for wildfire.
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Mt. Charleston Fire Chief Jason Douglas says the risk in the valley is very low, mostly because we have a different kind of fuel type than in Los Angeles — fuel meaning the kinds of brush, grasses, trees and foliage in an environment and how it reacts to fire — and it’s more spread out…