Fire crews focusing on hot spots in Reno fire

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Fire crews in Reno are focusing on lingering hot spots and beginning repair work on the hillsides blackened by wildfire that destroyed 32 homes.

Sierra Fire Protection District Chief Mike Brown says Sunday the 2,000-acre fire is 95 percent contained. Fire crews are getting help from a snowstorm that has hit the area.

Spokesman Mark Regan says state officials are reviewing damages to determine how much government assistance will be needed.

Regan says workers repair hillsides and reseeding areas where vegetation was lost to prevent mudslides.

Nearly 10,000 people were force to leave their homes when the fire erupted Friday. Most people returned Saturday night.

Reno Fire Chief Mike Hernandez says the fire was spreading at a rate of up to 30 miles per hour because of gale-force winds.