>>THIS IS NEWS FOUR AT 11. >>BEFORE IT GETS TO US, WE'LL BE READY TO GO AND OUT OF HERE SO WE'LL HAVE OUR OUR FAMILY AND OUR DOGS AND OUR LIVES. >>AND TODAY, A BRUSH FIRE IN WASHOE VALLEY HAS NOW BURNED OVER 1500 ACRES AND IS SHUTTING DOWN ROADWAYS BETWEEN RENO AND CARSON CITY. THE FIRE BROKE OUT AROUND 230 THIS AFTERNOON, AND FIRE OFFICIALS ARE URGING RESIDENTS WHO MAY STILL BE IN THAT AREA TO GET OUT IMMEDIATELY. HELLO, EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TONIGHT. I'M ANDREA ESPARZA. WELL, EVACUATIONS ARE UNDERWAY FOR RESIDENTS IN THE AREA OF WINTER'S CREEK, MONTROSE, WASHOE CITY AND SAINT JAMES VILLAGE. AREAS THAT ARE SHADED IN RED ARE BEING URGED TO EVACUATE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. AN EVACUATION CENTER HAS BEEN SET UP AT THE WASHOE COUNTY SENIOR CENTER, LOCATED ON EAST NINTH STREET, AND A LARGE ANIMAL SHELTER HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED AT THE UNR EQUESTRIAN CENTER ON VALLEY ROAD. ALL BECAUSE OF THE DAVIS FIRE, WHICH CONTINUES TO BURN. AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHERE WE FIND NEWS FOUR'S SOPHIE LINCOLN AS SHE JOINS US FROM THE FIRE LIVE, SOPHIE. RIGHT NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT A LIVE LOOK OF THE DAVIS FIRE. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE FLAMES THERE. WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS TONIGHT? AS YOU'VE BEEN MONITORING THIS FIRE ALL EVENING >>YEAH. ANDREA, WE'RE AT THE INCIDENT COMMAND POST AT GALENA HIGH SCHOOL HERE. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE CLOSEST WE WERE ABLE TO GET BECAUSE OF THOSE EVACUATION ORDERS AND ROAD CLOSURES THAT YOU MENTIONED. NOW THE WIND HAS DIED DOWN A LITTLE BIT, AND FIREFIGHTERS ARE HOPING TO GET AS MUCH CONTROL AS THEY CAN BECAUSE TOMORROW, THOSE WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO PICK UP AGAIN. WHICH OF COURSE IS ONE OF THE CAUSES OF THIS FAST SPREADING FIRE. WE ALSO RECENTLY LEARNED THAT THE NEVADA NATIONAL GUARD HAS BEEN CALLED IN TO ASSIST. NOW, THE LAST UPDATE WE HAD WAS THAT THE FIRE HAD BURNED 1500 ACRES. THAT WAS STILL THE CASE ABOUT AN HOUR AGO WHEN I CHECKED IN WITH OFFICIALS. AS WE MENTIONED IT IS SPREADING VERY QUICKLY. IT STARTED AROUND 220 AT DAVIS CREEK REGIONAL PARK. THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 12 STRUCTURES LOST TO THE FIRE. TRUCKEE MEADOWS FIRE SPOKESPERSON ADAM MAYBERRY TELLS ME THERE ARE HUNDREDS MORE CURRENTLY THREATENED. HE STRESSES THAT IF YOU ARE NOT A FIRST RESPONDER THAT NEEDS TO BE IN THE AREA TO STAY AWAY FROM THE FIRE. >>PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THE AREA. WE HAVE A LOT OF FOLKS THAT ARE CURIOUS THAT ARE TAKING PICTURES, THAT ARE GETTING IN THE WAY OF THE FIRE RESPONSE, SO IT IS ABSOLUTELY IMPERATIVE THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A REASON TO BE DOWN HERE, PLEASE LEAVE >>AGAIN, THIS IS A VERY ACTIVE FIRE AND IT IS BURNING IN SEVERAL RESIDENTIAL AREAS. IF YOU DO NEED TO EVACUATE, AS ANDREA MENTIONED, THERE IS THAT RED CROSS OVERNIGHT SHELTER AVAILABLE. THAT'S AT THE WASHOE SENIOR CENTER ON EAST NINTH STREET IN RENO.