Gothic Wildfire Breaches Area 51 Perimeter with Smoke, Renewing UFO Rumors
NEVADA, JUL 18 – The Gothic Fire has burned over 36,000 acres near Area 51 since July 4, with officials continuing containment amid dry, windy conditions and no evacuations ordered.
- On July 4, the Gothic Fire erupted inside Area 51, near Rachel, Nevada.
- A lightning strike sparked the fire under parched, windy conditions.
- By Monday, the blaze covered 35,000 acres, and haze reached Las Vegas.
- The Bureau of Land Management vowed to intensify containment efforts, and urged residents to stay vigilant.
- Tourism-Dependent businesses near Rachel face potential losses, and no evacuation orders exist.
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Gothic Fire: 30,786 Acres, 10% Contained
(Nye County, NV) — The Gothic Fire in Nye County has burned 30-thousand-786 acres of land and is ten percent contained. The Bureau of Land Management provided an update on Wednesday. Better mapping reduced the size of the fire, which was previously believed to have burned 36-thousand-500 acres of land. The fire on the Nevada Test and Training Range has been burning since the Fourth of July. There is still no threat to homes or other structures. …
Calm Down About the Area 51 Fire, People
A large wildfire torched up this week near Nevada's mysterious Area 51 Air Force base — and naturally, the rumor mill is churning. As the Daily Mail reports, the blaze near the highly-classified base was sparked by the so-called Gothic Fire, a massive wildfire that broke out some 20 miles away from the base and has since burned through tens of thousands of acres of desert. EWU Crew, a livestream based in the nearby town of Rachel, Nevada that wa…
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