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LAS VEGAS — A spark from a wood chipper started a wildfire that destroyed 15 buildings in a ranch community northeast of Las Vegas, and an illegal campfire was blamed for another blaze that forced the evacuation of mountain hamlets northwest of the city, officials said Friday.
No serious injuries were reported in both blazes.
More than 150 firefighters, aided by aerial tankers and a helicopter, were working to encircle the 600-acre fire in the desert town of Moapa, said Hillerie Patton, a fire spokeswoman for the federal Bureau of Land Management.
