LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A fire believed to have been caused by lightning on July 4 has grown to 8,000 acres in a remote area on the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) northwest of Las Vegas, according to the Bureau of Land Management.
The Gothic Fire, on Range 74 at NTTR, is now the third-largest so far this year in Nevada.
The fire is burning on restricted military land in Nye County, tracking information on https://www.nevadafireinfo.org/ might not immediately reflect actual conditions. The U.S. Air Force and the BLM are coordinating firefighting efforts…