Nevada Air Guard supports Washoe Valley firefighting efforts

Tim Daniels rushed to work after he heard about a wind-whipped fire early Friday morning that jumped around Washoe Valley and eventually destroyed 22 homes.
"As soon as I woke up, I left for work," said Daniels, a firefighter at 152nd Airlift Wing emergency fire services section. "If all fire assets in the valley are going, and it's an immediate need, you know you're going."
Four Airmen and two civilian firefighters from the Nevada Air National Guard Base in Reno were among more than a thousand federal, state and county personnel working the blaze, which scorched more than 3,400 acres as wind gusts exceeded 70 mph.
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