Peak wildfire season has arrived in the Mojave Desert, with the landscape incredibly dry and primed for quickly spreading blazes.
“How dry it is out here and how easy it is for things to catch fire,” Las Vegas local Leonard Aquilar told Channel 13 as he was out recreating at Red Rock.
Drought conditions have exploded in Nevada indicating trouble for fire season
“A fire could start from anything,” said fellow local Ellen Svarckopf.
“When I see the fire season coming up around here, it really hits me right in the heart,” she added…