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Two wildfires are burning in the Jacks Valley Road, according to a Friday afternoon Douglas County Facebook post.
The fires are on the north side of Jacks Valley Road. The road is closed between Jacks Valley Elementary School and Genoa.
There are no evacuations, but the county is asking residents to remain vigilant.
A fire also burned the area earlier this year. In June, a 285-acre fire off Jacks Valley Road forced closures and evacuations and threatened homes. More than 900 houses in the area lost power.
A 2.7-acre wildfire closed Jacks Valley Road for nearly four hours on Friday.
The fire appeared to start next to the road near the top of the ridge between Jacks Valley and Alpine View.
The second Jacks Valley Fire in two months burned on the north side of the road between the ridge and the Clear Creek Trailhead.
Unlike a handful of fires started by lightning strikes along the east side of the Valley, the fire appears to have been human caused.
The fire started at 4:16 p.m., while a thunder cell was miles away in the foothills southeast of Gardnerville. Firefighters announced they’d mopped up the blaze and the road reopened around 8:30 p.m.
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